Passage
Subject: English
Overview
Passage
The honeybee is one of the man's best insect friends. It has been valued for centuries as the source of honey. However, the honeybee's greatest value is the role it plays in distributing pollen among plants.
In olden days, farmers in the USA took pollination for granted when they discovered that honeybee colonies placed near their fields dooubled and trebled the crop yield. They gained a new respect for the busy bee. Now in the USA beehives are moved from crop to crop as needed , and farmers are glad to pay the service. When a bee finds a particularly rich source of nectar and wants to tell his fellow - workers the good news , he goes into a sepcial twist dance. The movement tells the other bees how far to reach the nectar - loaded blooms and in what direction. The number of turns indicates the distance and the direction is given in relation to the sun !
Things to remember
- It includes every relationship which established among the people.
- There can be more than one community in a society. Community smaller than society.
- It is a network of social relationships which cannot see or touched.
- common interests and common objectives are not necessary for society.
Questions and Answers
A. Answer the following questions.
i. In what two ways are honeybees are our best friend?
ii. What did the USA farmers discover about honeybees?
iii. What two messages does a bee tell to other bees ?
i. Honeybees are our best friend by: they are the source of honey and they distribute the pollen grains from one to another plant.
ii. USA farmers discovered that honeybees could double and treble their yield.
iii. A honey bee tells the other bees how far to reach the nectar loaded blooms and in what direction.
Write T for true and F for false.
i. Honey bees are not helpful for us.
ii. Beehives are moved from crop to crop in the USA.
iii . Farmers are worried to pay for the service.
iv. A bee tells the news to other bees by dancing.
i. False.
ii . True
iii . False.
iv. True.
Give an antonym / synonym of the following words.
i . discovered (synonym)
ii . value (synonym)
iii . gained (antonym)
iv . far (antonym)
i. found
ii . importance
iii . lost
iv . near
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