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fan (v) : make air move around

evaporate : turn from liquid into vapour

honeycomb : a block of wax full of six-sided holes in
which bees store honey

hexagonal : having six sides

wax : smooth substance made by bees, to seal the
honey filled cells

Honey bees are divided as house bees and field bees. The

house bees keep the houses clean and well ventilated. They

build new combs to store honey. Field bees are older bees.

They go away from the house. Their job is to search for nectar.

regurgitate

/ri:gэ:dʒІteІt : bring food that you have already

swallowed, back into your mouth

dehydrate : remove the water from something

ventilate : admit fresh air

Honey bees do not live long. At the time of honey gathering

season they work very hard. As a result, a honey bee does
not live longer than a month. Around two thousand bees die

every day in a honey-making hive. The queen bee lays eggs

and she maintains the population of the hive.

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