BEES

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and
for producing honey and beeswax. There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees in nine recognized
families though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher. They are found on every
continent except Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet that contains insect-pollinated flowering plants.
Bees have a long proboscis (a complex "tongue") that enables them to obtain the nectar from flowers.
They have antennae almost universally made up of 13 segments in males and 12 in females, as is typical
for the super family. Bees all have two pairs of wings, the hind pair being the smaller of the two; in a very
few species, one sex or caste has relatively short wings that make flight difficult or impossible, but none
are wingless.
The smallest bee is Trigona minima, a stingless bee whose workers are about 2.1 mm (5/64") long. The
largest bee in the world is Megachile pluto, a leafcutter bee whose females can attain a length of 39 mm
(1.5"). Members of the family Halictidae, or sweat bees, are the most common type of bee in the Northern
Hemisphere, though they are small and often mistaken for wasps or flies.
1. What is the text about?
A. Describing bees in general.
B. Explaining bees in Antarctica.
C. Telling the habitat of the bees.
D. Giving information about bees in the Northern Hemisphere.
2. What is the main idea of paragraph one?
A. Bees live on every continent.
B. Bees belong to flying insects.
C. Bees produce honey and beeswax.
D. Bees only live with insect-flowering plants.
3. Which of the following sentences describes the physical appearance bees?
A. None has wings.
B. It has 13 antennae.
C. Its length is 39 mm.
D. Its tongue is complex.
4. They are found on every continent except Antarctica,
A. The word they refers to .
B. ants
C. bees
D. insects
E. flying insects