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Book

From egg to honeybee

Call Number

  • J 595.799 OWIN (CEN)

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Publication Information

Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2016]

Physical Description

24 pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 24 cm.

Audience

K to grade 3.

Summary

"Learn how a variety of objects are made or how nature's cycles work--from Start to Finish. Suitable for both struggling and on-level readers, these titles teach science concepts as well as sequential thinking."--

Contents

  • First, the queen bee finds an empty cell
  • She lays her egg in the honeycomb
  • Soon the egg hatches
  • Next, worker bees feed the larva
  • Worker bees cover the cell
  • Then the larva becomes a pupa
  • The pupa slowly turns into an adult
  • Finally, the bee comes out of the cell
  • The new bees get to work!

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