Honey Bee Diagram & Life Cycle Booklet

Students cut and paste or write words in boxes to label the parts of a honey bee. Then, they sequence the stages of the honey bee life cycle as they assemble an accordion booklet.

My favorite books for learning about animals and labeling diagrams are typically always written and illustrated by Gail Gibbons. Her books provide a plethora of information, easy to understand language, and detailed pictures that support the texts exceptionally well. Thus, I used The Honey Makers by Gail Gibbons as the primary basis for my honey bee diagram and life cycle booklet.

The Honey Makers by Gail Gibbons Book Cover

The Honey Makers has a late fourth-grade reading level, so educators will likely need to read it aloud to most students in the lower grades. There are a couple of different people who have posted themselves reading The Honey Makers on YouTube. I recommend Jenni Moyer's rendition, if you'd like to go that route.

Epic: Digital Library for Kids has many Gail Gibbons titles in its catalog. However, The Honey Makers must be underappreciated, as it is not included. It may be checked out for free from Open Library, though.

My honey bee diagram and life cycle booklet makes a wonderful companion to any number of other bee books too. I've listed a couple of them at the bottom of this post.

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Curriculum Hound Honey Bee Labeling Diagram TPT Cover

Related Resources

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Books of Interest

The Bee Book by Charlotte Milner
The Honey Makers by Gail Gibbons
National Geographic Readers: Bees by Laura Marsh
Penguin Young Readers: Honeybees by Joyce Milton