Unit 4 Section B 1a-2d 课件 2026-2027学年人教版英语八年级上册

Presentation Unit4 Amazing Plants and Animals Section B How are plants and animals connected with us? (1a-2d) 阅读词汇课优质课 单元主题范畴：人与自然 单元主题内容：热爱与敬畏自然，与自然 和谐共生 (2024新版)人教版 八年级(上册) Presentation Learning Objectives 1.掌握文中重点词汇（connect, without, imagine, disappointed等）、短语（in fact, for this reason, in order to等）的含义与用法。能够通过观察文本标题和配图预测文章的主要内容，并通过阅读从文本中提取文本中关于蜜蜂的核心信息，并用思维导图进行系统化呈现。（学习理解） 2. 获取语篇中关于蜜蜂的关键信息，内容包括蜜蜂的重要性、蜜蜂的有趣事实、蜜蜂面临的问题及生态意义；借助思维导图等可视化工具呈现结构化知识，并进行复述。（学习理解，应用实践） 3.结合语篇内容与生活认知，与同伴讨论蜜蜂的保护及人与自然的联系，在班级中分享观点，理解人与自然和谐共生的重要性。强化对生态平衡重要性的认识。（迁移创新） Presentation Read and guess Who does the poet write this poem to? On the plain（平原） or atop the hill, Of beauty you enjoy you fill. You gather honey from flowers sweet, For whom are you busy and fleet（敏捷）. By Luo Yin The bee What do you know about bees? Pre-reading Presentation Let’s enjoy a video and answer. Watch and answer Bees 2.What can you get about bees from the video? 1.What’s the video about? people plants honey fruits vegetables flowers Bees are _________ with us. connected Pre-reading Presentation Pre-reading What do you know about bees? Watch and say Bees are very animals, and their greatest work is . They are ________________ animals in the world. hard-working pollination the most important /ˌpɒləˈneɪʃn/ n. 授粉 , their work, about 80 _________of the plants in the world cannot grow. In fact without percent in fact 事实上 /wɪˈðaʊt/ prep.没有；缺乏 /pə ˈsent/ n. 百分之… Let’s learn more about bees. Presentation Pre-reading Look and predict 1a Look at the title and the pictures below. Guess what the text is about. /ˈtaɪtl/ n. 标题；题目；名称 Bees are _________ to our life. important pollination /ˌpɑːləˈneɪʃn/ to give a flower or plant pollen to help them produce seeds Bees build honeycombs in order to _________honey. store /kəʊm/ What’s the text about? The text is probably about how bees plants, animals and humans, and why bees are so important for our lives. /stɔː(r)/ v.&n. v. 存储 n. 商店 connect Tip:We can guess the main idea from the title and the pictures. /kəˈnekt/ v. 关联；连接 What do you hope to learn about bees in the text? What will happen if there are no bees? Are bees in danger now? How do bees make honeycombs? Why are bees important for plants? Let’s read the text and check your answer. Presentation Pre-reading Read and answer 1. How many paragraphs are there? 2.What’s the main idea of each para.? Match them with each para. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 A.The interesting facts about bees. B.People, plants, and animals are all connected to bees. C.Bees are very important. D.The problems of bees. 1 2 3 4 Reading tip:We can get the main idea from the key words or sentences. Four. Presentation Read and answer Fast-reading 1.Please find out the key sentences in each paragraph. 2. How many parts do you think the passage can be divided? Part. 1 Topic Introduction: connection Part. 2 Body importance interesting facts Part. 3 Conclusion:problem Three. 3. What’s the structure of this passage? D. B. B. A. Tip:A good structure makes our article clearer. 4. This passage is a __________. A: Exposition (说明文) B: Narrative (记叙文) C: Argumentation（议论文） This is a popular science article(科普文） Presentation Read and underline Fast-reading 1b Read the text and underline the adjectives the writer uses to describe bees. hard-working most important most interesting interesting important most amazing hard-working most important most interesting most amazing 1.What do the adjectives show us about bees? The adjectives show that bees are amazing animals. 2.Why does the writer use these adjectives to describe bees? They help readers easily learn about bees’ good sides and make readers think about what they can do to protect bees. Presentation Careful-reading Read paragraph 1 and answer the questions. 1.How does the writer introduce the topic of the passage? A.By giving a example B.By setting up a familiar scene 2.What feelings are mentioned in para.1? 3.What does the underlined word “connected” mean in Chinese? A.重要的 B.相关的 Disappointed. Angry. Sad. 4. Why do we say “We Can’t Live Without Bees. ” ? Because people, plants, and animals are all connected. We need each other to live and bees are one of the best examples of this connection. people, plants, and animals are all connected. Bees → Plants grow fruits/vegetables → Humans/animals get food No bees → few plants → empty supermarket Read and answer Presentation Read and answer Careful-reading /ɪˈmædʒɪn/ v. 想象=picture v. /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/ adj. 失望的 be disappointed with/in sb/sth 对某人/某事感到失望 /kəˈnekʃn/ n. 联系---v. connect be connected with 与……相连； 与……有关联 Why does the writer use the “empty supermarket” to introduce the topic? To draw our interest and tell us people, plants and animals are connected. Presentation Read and complete Careful-reading Read Paragraph 2 and finish the tasks. 1.What aspect is mentioned in Para. 2? A.Problems B.Importance C.Interesting facts /ɪmˈpɔːtns/ n.重要性 2.What do the numbers mean? 50 to 100 80 On one pollination trip, bees often visit 50 to 100 flowers. Without bees’ work, about 80 per cent of the plants in the world can’t grow. bees importance ● their greatest work: __________ ● visit: ______________________ ● help:______________________ pollination Pollination The bee is pollinating. There is pollen on the bee’s body. 50 to 100 flowers on one trip plants grow /ˈækʃn/ n. 行动；行为 Presentation Watch and learn Careful-reading Presentation Read and answer Read paragraph 3 and answer the questions. 1. How does the writer develop his idea in Para. 3? A. By telling stories. B. By giving examples. C. By listing numbers. D. By asking questions. 2. How many interesting facts are mentioned in Para. 3? What are they? 3. According to the text, why do bees create honeycombs? Three. They work hard together to make their homes.They create honeycombs to store honey. Another interesting thing about bees is how they communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ v. 交流；沟通 To store honey. Careful-reading Presentation 4. How does a bee tell others about new food it has found? Read and answer Read paragraph 3 and answer the questions. the Round Dance the Waggle Dance the Sickle Dance 50-100 meters ≧100 meters ≦50 meters By using a dance. What other interesting facts do you know about bees? Careful-reading Presentation Read and answer Read paragraph 4 and answer the questions. 1.What role do bees play in para.4? Bees play an important part in the ecosystem of our planet. play a part in 参与某事 /ˈiːkəʊsɪstəm/ n. 生态系统 2.What worrying problem about bees is mentioned in the passage? The number of bees is dropping. 3. How do scientists feel about the change in the number of bees? They are worried. 4.What does the author suggest readers do? Think about ways they can help to protect bees. Think about what you can do to protect one of the most amazing animals on earth. /prəˈtekt/ v. 保护；防护 Careful-reading Presentation Read and answer Read paragraph 4 and answer the questions. Careful-reading What are scientists’ worries about bees? Why Habitat loss（栖息地丧失） Pesticide use（农药使用） Climate change（气候变化） What can we do to help protect them? Presentation Look and say Plant bee-friendly flowers in our garden or other open places. Tell our family: use fewer or no pesticide. Build a habitat for bees in your garden. What can we do to protect one of the most amazing animals on earth? Make posters about bees. Careful-reading Presentation Careful-reading Read and say 科普文写作手法 by creating a scene (场景) by asking questions by making a survey(调查) by listing numbers by telling stories by giving examples √ √ √ √ Read, check and take notes. Presentation Careful-reading Read and fill 1c Read again and complete the mind map with the information from the text. Bees are very hard-working animals, and their greatest work is pollination. On one trip, they often visit 50 to 100 flowers. As they fly from one flower to another, they take pollen with them. This action helps plants grow. In fact, without their work, about 80 percent of the plants in the world cannot grow. For this reason, many scientists believe that bees are the most important animals on this planet. importance •their greatest work:_________ •visit_____________________ •help ____________________ 50 to 100 flowers on one trip pollination plants grow Bees Tip: Use NUMBER to prove your ideas. Presentation Careful-reading Read and fill 1c Read again and complete the mind map with the information from the text. •They work together to make their homes. In order to store honey, they create honeycombs. •How they communicate. When a bee finds new food, it uses a dance to tell the others where and how faraway the food is. Bees are also one of the most interesting animals in the world. For example, they work hard together to make their homes. In order to store honey, they create honeycombs. Another interesting thing about bees is how they communicate. When a bee finds new food, it uses a dance to tell the others where and how far away the food is. interesting facts Bees Presentation Careful-reading Read and fill 1c Read again and complete the mind map with the information from the text. problem •their number is ___________ dropping Bees play an important part in the ecosystem of our planet. However, the number of bees is dropping, and scientists are worried. Bees need our help, and there is a lot we can do. Think about what you can do to protect one of the most amazing animals on earth. Bees Presentation Listen and repeat Post-reading Presentation Watch and learn Careful-reading Presentation Read and fill Post-reading Read the text again and fill in the blanks. you go to the supermarket in your area, but there are almost no fruits, vegetables, , milk, eggs, or chocolate. How would you feel? ? Angry? Sad? you realize people, plants, and animals are all connected. We need to live, and bees are the best examples of this connection. Bees are very hard-working animals, and their greatest work is . On one trip, they often visit 50 to 100 flowers. As they fly one flower another, they with them. This action helps plants grow. , without their work, about 80 percent of the plants in the world cannot grow. , many scientists believe that bees are the most important animals on this . Imagine honey Disappointed At this moment each other one of pollination from take pollen In fact For this reason planet 想象 蜂蜜 失望的 在此刻 彼此，互相 ..之一 授粉 从...到.. 携带花粉 事实上 出于这个原因 星球 Presentation Read and fill Post-reading Read the text again and fill in the blanks. Bees are also one of the most interesting animals in the world. , they work hard together to make their homes. store honey, they create . Another interesting thing about bees is how they . When a bee finds new food, it uses a dance to tell the others where and the food is. Bees are an important part of the of our planet. , the number of bees is dropping, and scientists are worried. They need our help, and there is a lot we can do. what you can do to protect one of the most amazing animals on earth. For example In order to honeycombs communicate how far away ecosystem However Think about 例如 为了 蜂巢 交流 多远 生态系统 然而 思考，考虑 Presentation Fill and retell Post-reading Fill in the blanks and retell. Imagine you go to the supermarket but there are almost no fruits, vegetables, honey and more. You’d feel , angry or sad. Then you realize people, plants and animals are all , and bees are one of the best examples. Bees are very animals. Their greatest work is pollination. On one trip, they often visit 50 to 100 flowers. They take pollen they fly, which helps plants grow. About 80 per cent of the world’s plants can’t grow their work. So, many scientists think bees are animals on the planet. Bees are also animals in the world. They work together to build homes. To store honey, they make . Another fact is how they communicate—by a when finding new food to tell others where and how far the food is. Bees are to the planet’s ecosystem. But their number is dropping, so they need our help. Let’s think about how to protect one of the most animals on earth. disappointed connected as without the most important the most interesting honeycombs important amazing important interesting dance Presentation Think and say Post-reading 1d Discuss the questions. 1. Can you give another title for the text? The Important Bees Bees: Our Friends in Nature Bees: Vital to Our Lives Why are Bees Important to us? An Amazing Animal-The Bee ... Presentation Careful-reading Watch and learn 1d Discuss the questions. 2. What other interesting facts do you know about bees? Bees have five eyes. Bees can recognize human faces. Different types of bees have different lifespans. Presentation Read and choose There are over 25,000 different species of bees but only 7 kinds can make honey. Honey bee leafcutter bee Mason bee Bumble bee Furrow bee Bees have lived on earth for . A. more than 100 million years. B. 50 million years C. less than 10 million years. How many eyes does a bee have? . A. Two. B. Six. C. five What does a bee’s head have? B. Eyes, mouth and nose. C. Mouth, eyes and antennae. A. Mouth, nose and antennae. /ænˈteniː/ What colour does a bee like best? A. Purple, red and yellow. B. Orange, red and black. C. Orange, red and green. Careful-reading 1d Discuss the questions. Presentation Think and say Post-reading 1d Discuss the questions. 3. What do you know about the connection between humans and other insects, such as ants and butterflies? Humans and ants, butterflies have close connections. Ants help turn soil. Butterflies and bees help plants reproduce（繁殖） by pollinating. They are important for nature and human life. human /ˈhjuːmən/ n. 人 adj. 人的；人类的 /ænt/n蚂蚁 Presentation 1d Discuss the questions. 3. What do you know about the connection between humans and other insects, such as ants and butterflies? Think and say Post-reading Presentation Think and write Post-reading 1e Imagine you are the writer. Write one more paragraph about bees and add it to the text. We can take several actions to protect bees. First, we can plant more flowers in our gardens or communities. More flowers mean more food for bees. Second, avoid using harmful pesticides. Pesticides are bad for bees' health.Third, spread the word about the importance of bees. Tell your family and friends why bees matter. By doing these things, we can help bees survive and keep our ecosystem healthy. solution topic sentence details conclusion Presentation Think and write Post-reading 1e Imagine you are the writer. Write one more paragraph about bees and add it to the text. Discuss Write GL write down the notes. (组长做好笔记) Share Discuss the content with GMs. (和小组成员讨论写作内容) Get ready to share. (准备分享) Group Work Checklist Structure clear structure 条理清晰 Contents protect bees Expressions good pronunciation 好的发音 confident 自信 Presentation Think and share Post-reading 1f How do you understand the connection between people, plants, and animals? Think of some examples and then share them with a partner. A: We all know people and nature are connected. But can you give me an example of how they are connected? B: Sure. I visited a small town in Guangdong once. There are many large trees in the town. They are home to many birds. A lot of tourists come to see the trees and the birds … 有……栖息； 是……的家乡 Presentation 1f How do you understand the connection between people, plants, and animals? Think of some examples and then share them with a partner. Think and share Post-reading farmers grow corn (plants) Chickens (animals) eat the corn and insects in the fields.  Humans (people) then eat the chickens’ eggs and the corn. Presentation 1f How do you understand the connection between people, plants, and animals? Think of some examples and then share them with a partner. Think and share Post-reading Example I once went to a village near a forest. There are lots of flowers and grass. Bees and butterflies love them. The villagers grow fruits and vegetables. Animals like deer sometimes come to eat the plants, but the villagers don’t hurt them. We all live together happily. It shows how plants, animals and people depend on each other. Presentation Look and say Post-reading Why are plants and animals important to us? Because they provide food, oxygen and materials for our daily life, and also help keep the balance of nature. We should protect them! Presentation Circle and say Vocabulary in use Circle the odd ones. Then give your reasons. 2a 1. habit height size weight 2. joy happiness fun enjoy 3. angry disappointed smart sad 4. appear look seem watch 5. honey milk juice bread “height（身高）”“size（尺寸）”“weight（体重）” 都和人的身体外在特征相关，而 “habit（习惯）” 是关于行为方式的，所以 “habit” 是不同类的。 “joy（欢乐）”“happiness（幸福）”“fun（乐趣）” 都是名词，表达愉悦的感受，“enjoy（享受；喜爱）” 是动词，词性不同。 “angry（生气的）”“disappointed（失望的）”“sad（悲伤的）” 都是描述负面情绪的形容词，“smart（聪明的）” 是描述人物特质的形容词，情感色彩不同。 “appear（显得；似乎）”“look（看起来）”“seem（似乎；好像）” 都有 “看起来；似乎” 的意思，侧重于给人的印象或感觉，“watch（观看）” 主要表示 “看；注视” 的动作，语义不同。 “honey（蜂蜜）”“milk（牛奶）”“juice（果汁）” 都属于饮品，“bread（面包）” 属于食物，类别不同，所以 “bread” 是不同类的。 happiness/ˈhæpinəs/ n. 幸福；快乐 disappoint /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ v. 使失望；使破灭 Presentation Watch and learn Vocabulary in use un happi ness 前缀 prefix 词根 root 后缀 suffix 方向/情感 核心/灵魂 词性 掌握了英语的词根、词缀就如同熟知了汉字的偏旁部首，不但有助于推断一些生词的意思，还能帮助我们更加迅速、高效地记忆单词，达到举一反三、事半功倍的效果。 Presentation Look and fill Vocabulary in use 2b Add the endings -ance, -(t) ion, -ness, and -ity to form nouns. Use your dictionary. 1. act_________________ 2. good _________________ 3. kind_________________ 4. appear _________________ 5. real_________________ 6. imagine_________________ 7. connect_________________ 8. popular _________________ 9. communicate _____________ 10. important _________________ action goodness kindness appearance reality imagination connection popularity communication importance Presentation Read and complete Vocabulary in use 2c Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box. 1. I felt ________________ when my favourite flowers died. 2. After the rain, some mushrooms ________________ in the garden. 3. In my hometown, people often use bamboo baskets to _____________ food. 4. What did you put in your luggage? It ________________ a ton. 5. I can’t ________________ my life without my pets. They mean a lot to me. appear disappoint imagine store weigh disappointed appear store weighs imagine /ˈmʌʃrʊm / n. 蘑菇；伞菌 ton /tʌn/ n. 吨 Presentation Read and fill Vocabulary in use 2d You may not realize it, but frogs play an important role in our ____________ ecosystem. The smallest frogs are about the size of a pea, while larger ones can grow as big as a human hand. Many people know that frogs help to ____________ farms by eating insects. ____________, not everyone understands their ____________ in nature. Frogs can live on ____________ and in water. Because of this, they are popular subjects in studies on climate change and the ecosystem. however important land planet protect planet's protect However importance land /rəʊl/ n. 作用；职能；角色 play a role (in) 在……中发挥作用； 扮演角色 pea /piː/ n. 豌豆 /ˈklaɪmət/ n. 气候 Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box. Presentation Class test 用所给单词的适当形式完成句子。 1. In this speech, our teacher told us the __________________ (important) of good teamwork. 2. You must remember, “Money can buy many things, but it can never buy ______________ (happy).” 3. Mr Wu always has a good and special teaching way to make his class ________ (live) and interesting. 4. There used to be a close __________ (connect) between black tea and chatting in the yard in my grandparents’ life. 5. The movie was ______________ , and it ____________ everyone, so we all felt ______________ . (disappoint) importance happiness lively connection disappointing disappointed disappointed Presentation Must-do 必做 1.Write a short summary of the text within 100 words. Choose to do 选做 1. Write some suggestions about some measures to protect bees. Make a poster about protecting bees and display it in the classroom. $Bees communicate the location of food through a figure eight movement called the wagon dance. The angle of the dance relative to the sun shows the direction of the food. The length of the vehicle shows how far the food sources. But that's not all. Did you know bees have five eyes, and they beat their wings very fast, about two hundred times per second. This makes that famous buzzing sound. These little insects are truly full of big surprises. Reading the busy being, ever wondered who helped make the food you eat? The answer buzz bugs like me. And not just talking about honey, although we make that yummy runny stuff too. Think brockley, tomatoes, apples. In fact, bees help provide about a third of what you eat, as well as bringing your gardens to life. We do this by spreading poland between different parts of flowers and plants, allow them to grow seeds and fruit, or while flapping our wings two hundred times per second. In the U. K. There are over two hundred and fifty species made up of honey, solo tree and bubbies. But right now we're in serious trouble. In the last ten years, our U. K. Population has shrunk by around the third. That's because our habitat of being destroyed, these changes in the climate and some hives are being attacked by viruses. Chemicals used to protect crop from the insects of what have been blamed for some U. K. Species haven't disappeared completely. And it's not just here. The us. Recently added seven types of b to its list of endangered species. But humans are taking action to help us survive, because if we're not here to help make your vegetables and fruit grow, you guys could find yourselves various that he situations. It's finally spring. The flowers are blooming, the leaves on trees are coming back, the birds are singing their morning songs, and the butterflies and bees are buzzing from flower to flower. Today we are going to talk about pollination. Who are the pollinators? Birds, bats, butterflies, moth flies, beetles, wasps, small animals and most importantly, bees are pollinators. They visit flowers to drink, sector or feed off polin and transport polling Green as they move from spot to spot. Nectar is a mixture of water and sugar that plants produce to attract pollination. All flowers have a male park called the answer and a female part called the stigma. Pollen is a powdery stance that comes from the male, and when pollinators move from one flower to another, the polin attaches to their bodies and goes to other flowers. This makes IT possible for plans to make seeds and reproduce. Pollination is necessary for food production. All of our plant based foods, including grains, fruit and vegetable, need pollination. All of our animal based foods like meat, eggs and milk, also needed because these animals eat plants too. IT is so important that plants have evolved over time to have bright, colorful flowers or delicious sense just to attract pollination. If we didn't have flowers, we wouldn't have food at all. Talk about flower power. Some of the most common pollinators are bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. If you can keep an eye for all the pollinators you see, if you plant flowers, this will also help feed the bees, birds and butterflies. Keep an eye for your favorite flowers and enjoy this lovely spring. We can't live without bees. Imagine you go to the supermarket in your area, but there are almost no fruits, vegetables, honey, milk, eggs or chocolate. How would you feel? Disappointed, angry, sad. At this moment, you realize people, plants and animals are all connected. We need each other to live, and bees are one of the best examples of this connection. Bees are very hardworking animals, and their greatest work is pollination. On one trip, they often visit fifty to one hundred flowers. As they fly from one flower to another, they take pollen with them. This action helps plants grow. In fact, without their work, about eighty percent of the plants in the world cannot grow. For this reason, many scientists believe that bees are the most important animals on this planets. Bees are also one of the most interesting animals in the world. For example, they work hard together to make their homes in order to store honey. They create honey comes. Another interesting thing about bees is how they communicate. When a bee finds new food, IT uses a dance to tell the others where and how far away the food is. Bees play an important part in the ecosystem of our planet. However, the number of these is dropping, and scientists are worried. Bees need our help. And there is a lot we can do. Think about what you can do to protect one of the most amazing animals on earth. nullAre you one of those people who hate these little crawling things? Or maybe these ones with the stingers crew you out more? Have you ever wish that all the insects would just die out? Picnics would be much more pleasant? And so what gardening could the world become a Better place if insects disappeared? Or would this have terrible consequences? Not obvious for us at first baLance. This is what if, and here's what would happen if all the insects disappeared from the planet. If you think bugs only exist to give you the creeps and the chew on the letters in your garden, you're wrong. Well, not totally wrong. Some of them are, in fact, meant to destroy crops, give you skin irritations in addition to painful stings, and even worse, spread diseases like zek a and malaria. But ninety percent of them are not only harmless, but beneficial to us under the planet. They say, without insects, the world would fall apart. Just how bad would that be? If we put all the insects on the planet together on a scale, they would wait approximate three hundred times more than all humans combined. If you have a sector, however, you probably want me to stop right here, just let me add that the ants alone would wait more than all humans. If our planet suddenly had all this weight off its shoulders, farmers would be the first to celebrate. They no longer need to poor chemicals on their crops to save the harvest from hunger pests. But that celebration wouldn't last long, because without insects we'd all start pretty fast. And no, we don't mean that those bold adventures who snack on crickets and grasshoppers somewhere in thailand with starve humans might be predators in the food chain, but insects are the ones to hold this chain together. They are food for some reptiles, small birds and frogs. If all insects vanished, those animals would seize to exist to the animals. Feeding on frogs and raptors would be the next die off. And then the ones further up the chain, eventually this disruption would work its way up to think you could survive by going vegan. Wrong again, eighty percent of all planet life on the planet is made up a flowering plants, meaning they require pollination to reproduce. Insects are the ones who make this happen by physically transfering pollen from a male answer to a female stigma. You can argue the birds and bats, even wind, can pollinate too. But most of the work is done by bees, wasps, moths, butterflies and flies without them. It's game over for most plans, depending on what your food preferences are. Fifty ninety percent of your diet comes from those flowering plants. There would be no fruit, no vegetables, no rice and no weed. This also means no food for cows, chickens, most fresh water, fish and all the animals. Wee humanity IT doesn't matter if you, your vegetarian or a meat lover, if the insects disappeared, you'd have no chance of long term survival. You'll be left to slowly starve on a planet heap, ed up with piles of organic waste. Because not only do insects feed small animals and pollinate plants, they're also major d composers of dead stuff, from leaves to corpses. That wouldn't be the world you'd want to live in. And to be honest, not all the insects are gross looking, wouldn't agree. Join us next time on what if. In the UK, there are over two hundred and fifty species made up of honey, solo tree and bombo bees. But right now we're in serious trouble. In the last ten years, our U. K. Population has shrunk by around a third. That's because our habitats of being destroy these changes in the climate, and some hives are being attacked by viruses. Chemicals used to protect crops from the insects of water being blamed for some U. K. Species haven't . disappeared completely. And it's not just here. The us. Recently added seven types of b to its list of endangered species. But humans are taking action to help us survive, because if we're not here to help make your vegetables and fruit grow, you guys could find yourself very different situations. Seventeen and interesting facts about bees. Number one, the bees beat their wings eleven thousand four hundred times in one minute. Number two, honey bees are flying at a speed of around twenty five kilometers per hour and beat their wings two hundred times per second. Number three, honeybees live in hives. Honeybees are divided into three types, queen workers, female be, drones, male be. Number four, queen bees to lay the eggs that will spend the hive's next generation of bees. Queen b also produces chemicals that guide the behavior of the other bees. Number five, workers, we are. These are all female, and their roles are to forage for food, build and protect the hive clean and circulator by beating their wings. Number six, Jones bear the male bees and their purposes to mate with a new queen. Number seven, b has one hundred seventy oter and receptors, which means they have one strong sense of smell. Number eight, be used sense of smelter, communicate within the hive, and to recognize different types of flowers when looking for food. Number nine, if the bees feel that I have as threatened the attack. Number ten, bees have been here about thirty million years. Number eleven, each hb from the same hive has their own specific color red identification. Number twelve, the average worker be lives for just five to six weeks. She'll produce around a twelve of a teaspoon of honey. Number thirteen, average per capital honey consumption in the U. S. Is one point three pounds. Number fourteen, eating honey makes you smarter because oney IT has an anti accident that improves brain functions. Number fifteen, the queen bees busiest in the summer months, when he can lay up to two thousand, five hundred is a day. Number sixteen, only female bees can stay. Male bees don't have stingers. Number seventeen, these are insects, so they have six legs. nullImagine you go to the supermarket in your area, but there are almost no fruits, vegetables, honey, milk, eggs or chocolate. How would you feel? Disappointed, angry, sad. At this moment, you realize people, plants and animals are all connected. We need each other to live, and bees are one of the best examples of this connection. Bees are very hard working animals, and their greatest work is pollination. On one trip, they often visit fifty to one hundred flowers. As they fly from one flower to another, they take pollen with them. This action helps plants grow. In fact, without their work, about eighty percent of the plants in the world cannot grow. For this reason, many scientists believe that bees are the most important animals on this planet. Bees are also one of the most interesting animals in the world. For example, they work hard together to make their homes in order to store honey. They create honey comes. Another interesting thing about bees is how they communicate. When a bee finds new food, IT uses a dance to tell the others where and how far away the food is. Bees play an important part in the ecosystem of our planet. However, the number of bees is dropping, and scientists are worried. Bees need our help, and there is a lot we can do. Think about what you can do to protect one of the most amazing animals on earth. The three fix is the begin the thing. Let's think about the, say, the world. nullHi, we are bees. We are hard working animals. Our greatest work is pollination. We are the most important animals on this planet. Do you want to know more about me?