Tap a buzzing bee to catch it!

Bobby McBee

Bobby says: These are my best friends in the whole garden! Tap a card to flip it over.

Meet the Friends

Bobby McBee says hi!

Queen Libee says hi!

Father Buzz says hi!

Dottie says hi!

Miss Honeycomb says hi!

Hide-and-seek

Find Bobby in the garden!

Bobby is hiding behind one of the plants. Tap to peek. Who will you find?

Bugs in real life

Real-life bug facts!

Honeybees have FIVE eyes! Two big ones and three tiny ones on top of their heads.

Source: PBS NOVA, The Buzz About Bees

A bee's buzz is the sound of its wings flapping over 230 times every second!

Source: ASU Ask A Biologist, Honey Bee

In her whole life, one worker bee makes only about 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey. That's why bees work as a team!

Source: PBS NOVA, The Buzz About Bees

Bees do a wiggly waggle dance to tell their friends which way to fly to find flowers!

Source: NC State Extension, The Honey Bee Dance Language

Bees can see ultraviolet colors that people can't see. Flowers have secret patterns just for them!

Source: University of Missouri Extension, Honey Bees

One ladybug can eat about 5,000 aphids in its lifetime. That's a garden helper!

Source: University of Kentucky Entomology, Ladybugs

Ladybugs' bright colors tell hungry animals, 'I don't taste good!'

Source: University of Kentucky Entomology, Ladybugs

Real ladybugs hide wings under their spotted shells. Our Dottie doesn't have wings, so she BOUNCES instead!

Source: Nebraska Extension, Lady Beetles
Memory match

Match the hive friends!

Flip two cards. Can you find each friendโ€™s twin?

Tap a card to flip it!