PACE WORK FORM 7 06/05/20

Тема: Загальні відомості про бджіл. Види бджіл.

Pre-reading task

     T.: In order to learn new items we start to work with lexical cards. (cards #1) Here you can see some new words:

- fragrant – having a pleasant or sweet smell

- an intruder – someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission

- honeysuckle – any of various similar or related plants.

- a sting – a sharp, piercing organ or part, often ejecting a venomous secretion, as the modified ovipositor of a bee or wasp or the spine of certain fishes.

- a destination – the place to which one is going or directed.

- a defense –  the act of defending against attack, danger, or injury.

- a hive – a nest built by wild or feral bees.

- a barb - a small, sharp point projecting in reverse direction from the tip, as on a porcupine quill or a bee sting.

Reading

     T.: Now we are going to read the text.

Why do bees sting?

Bees use their stingers only in defense of themselves or their hives. They become aggressive toward an intruder and use the only defense they have—their stingers. When something or someone becomes aggressive, that means they become very active and excited. Those little honeybees were aggressive toward you because they were afraid you would harm them.

Do you realize that whenever a honeybee becomes aggressive and stings a person or animal, the honeybee dies? The honeybee dies because most of the time the bee is not able to remove its stinger from a person or animal.

The barbs get caught on certain things such as human skin. The bee pulls and pulls to remove its stinger, but the barbs hold. The stinger is pulled from the bee's body and the bee dies. In order to act in defense of other members of the hive, the aggressive little bee gives its life. There is a small amount of poison which is released into your skin. Always be sure that the barbed stinger is removed right away. Did you know that the little bee used 22 muscles to sting you?

We say 'first aid' when we mean the help which is given immediately to someone who is hurt.

What Kinds of Bees Are in a Hive?

     All of the hives had sections that could be removed. Each section held ten combs, sometimes called honeycombs. A beehive is like a very busy factory. Some bees are busy making honey, and some bees are busy making wax cells or rooms to hold the honey. Some of the bees are nurses to the baby bees. Other bees are using their wings to keep the beehive cooled. The bees cooperate like workers in a factory. This beehive is filled with busy bees.

     You can see one bee that looks lazy. Not only does that bee look lazy, but it looks different from all the rest. It's all right for that particular bee to look lazy. That bee is the most important bee in the hive because she's the one that lays all the eggs for the hive. She is called a queen bee.

Some bees are constantly taking care of her. They lick her to wash her. They also feed and comb her.  Workers care for the queen. Her only task in life is to lay eggs. She keeps the hive filled with honeybees. Some queens lay as many as 2,000 eggs a day. Queens have been known to lay up to one million eggs or more in their lifetime. A queen bee lives much longer than the worker bees. Worker bees live an average of only eight weeks. Queens live from two to five years. There is only one queen bee to a hive. If this one queen should die, the thousands of workers would become sensitive to the fact immediately. The queen has glands in her head which produce a particular substance called queen's substance. The workers constantly lick the queen. When they lick her, they receive the substance called queen's substance. They pass the queen's substance throughout the hive. In this way, the workers know the queen is alive. When a queen bee dies, the thousands of workers know it because she stops producing the substance. The bees are sensitive to the fact that they must act quickly. A royal cell is prepared for the new queen. This royal cell hangs from the comb. A day-old larva is placed inside the royal cell. More than one royal cell may be prepared so that several queens are produced. Royal jelly is formed by glands in the heads of young worker bees. The larvae are fed the royal jelly, which causes the larvae to become queens. If one queen hatches from her royal cell faster than the others, she may destroy the other pupas before they hatch. However, if two queens hatch at the same time, they fight until only one queen is left.

  2. Writing

     T.:   You have got the cards with the task. We have just read the text and now let’s complete the sentences. (card #2)

 Card #2.

Task: Fill in the blanks with the right answers.

1.      Bees use their …….in defense of themselves or their hives.

2.      Whenever a honeybee stings a person or animal, the honeybee then …………..

3.      The honeybee dies when it is not able to remove its …………from a person or animal.

4.      There are ………….on a stinger which make it stick to a person or animal.

5.      There is a small amount of ……………which is released into the skin from a stinger.

6.      Hives have ………which can be removed.

7.      The sections of a hive hold combs, sometimes called ……………

8.      A beehive is like a very busy ………….

9.      Some bees make …….., some bees make ………to hold honey, some bees are ………to baby bees, and some bees keep the beehive …………….

10.  Some bees constantly take care of the ……………..bee.