What Do Bees Do All Day?

🕐 3 min 27 sec 👦 Ages 4–5 🌍 English
Koko discovers how bees collect nectar, make honey, and help flowers grow while working together as a team.
Bees collect nectar from flowers Bees make honey and help flowers grow Bees work together in a hive
📖 Story Script
                    Koko:
                    Owlo, look at all these pretty flowers in the school garden! They smell so nice.
                
                    Owlo:
                    They are beautiful, Koko. Do you hear that buzzing sound? Look closely at that yellow flower.
                
                    Koko:
                    Oh! There is a fuzzy bee on it. The bee keeps moving from flower to flower. What is it doing?
                
                    Owlo:
                    That is a wonderful question, Koko. What do bees do all day?
                
                    Owlo:
                    Bees are very busy little workers. They visit flowers to collect something special called nectar. Nectar is sweet like juice.
                
                    Koko:
                    Sweet like my apple juice? Yummy! But why do they want the nectar?
                
                    Owlo:
                    Great thinking! Bees take the nectar back to their home, which is called a hive. Then they work together to turn it into honey.
                
                    Koko:
                    Oh! Honey is what I put on my toast. Bees make that? Wow!
                
                    Owlo:
                    Yes, exactly! But that is not all they do. When bees visit flowers, they also collect yellow dust called pollen on their fuzzy bodies.
                
                    Koko:
                    I can see yellow on that bee. It looks like it rolled in paint!
                
                    Owlo:
                    Ha! That does look silly. When the bee flies to the next flower, some pollen falls off. This helps new flowers grow.
                
                    Koko:
                    So bees help make more flowers? That is really nice of them.
                
                    Owlo:
                    It is! Bees are very helpful. Inside the hive, there can be thousands of bees all working together like a big team.
                
                    Koko:
                    Thousands? That is more than I can count! What else do they do in there?
                
                    Owlo:
                    Some bees take care of baby bees. Some bees build the hive with wax. Some bees guard the door. Everyone has an important job.
                
                    Koko:
                    Just like how I help mom set the table and my brother takes out the recycling! Bees are good helpers too.
                
                    Owlo:
                    Exactly right, Koko. Teamwork makes everything easier. The queen bee is in charge, and she lays eggs so more bees can be born.
                
                    Koko:
                    Can we pretend to be bees? I want to buzz around like them!
                
                    Owlo:
                    That sounds fun! Let us gently walk from flower to flower. We can look closely but not touch. We should let the bees do their work.
                
                    Koko:
                    I am buzzing to this purple flower. Now I am flying to the pink one. This is fun!
                
                    Owlo:
                    You are being a very good bee, Koko. Now you understand how hard bees work every single day from sunrise to sunset.
                
                    Koko:
                    They must be tired! Do bees sleep?
                
                    Owlo:
                    They do rest at night inside their cozy hive. Then they wake up and start working again when the sun comes up.
                
                    Koko:
                    Bees are amazing! I did not know they did so many things.
                
                    Owlo:
                    They truly are special. Now, can you tell me what you learned about what bees do all day?
                
                    Koko:
                    Well, bees fly to flowers and collect sweet nectar to make yummy honey. They get pollen on their fuzzy bodies and help new flowers grow. They all live together in a hive like a big family. They work as a team and everyone has a job. Bees are super busy and very helpful! Tomorrow, can we learn about butterflies?
                
                    Owlo:
                    That was perfect, Koko! And yes, butterflies would be wonderful to explore. Now let us thank these hard-working bees for all they do.
                
                    Koko:
                    Thank you, bees! You are the best little workers ever!