Apart from honey, what else does a bee produce that we can use?
The living world
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A huge majority of creepy crawlies are
insects. In fact there are more types of
insect in the world than any other
animal. They are absolutely
everywhere. Some are almost too small
to see and others are surprisingly large.
The world of insects
When a pile
of dung
appears in
Africa, dung
beetles are on
the scene in
minutes.
Most insects
have two pairs
of wings.
The beetles roll
perfect balls of
dung in which
they lay a single
egg. When the
egg hatches,
the larva eats
the dung.
Nature’s recycling service
Although many people dislike insects
and they can be pests, they are also
essential to our world. In
fact we could not live
without them. For
instance, these
dung beetles
do a very good
job cleaning
up dung.
What is an insect?
You can tell if a creepy
crawly is an insect because
insects always have six
legs. They also have three
body parts – a head, a
thorax, and an abdomen.
Beetle
Remember,
insects have
3 + 3. Three
pairs of legs
and three
body parts.
Dung
beetles
