Children's Questions: Discovering this Tale of Dracula and How Bees Produce Honey
Join us while we answer a few fascinating questions from children about various topics such as this creation of the vampire myth and the method of bee nectar production.
Query 1: Who Wrote the Tale of the Vampire?
Freyja, age 8, questions: which author created the legend of the famous vampire?
- A popular children's author
- The Irish writer
- The creator of The Gruffalo
- William Shakespeare
Question 2: For What Reason Do Insects Use Their Stinger?
A six-year-old, age 6, questions: why do bees and wasps sting?
- They sting if they think you are a flower
- They are attracted to pleasant scents
- They sting when they are hungry
- They sting when they feel threatened
Query 3: Which Civilization Established the First Governing Body?
Nate, age 8, asks: which group formed the first governing system?
- People from Mesopotamia
- The ancient Greeks
- The ancient Egyptians
- The Mesoamerican culture
Question 4: In What Way Do Honeybees Make Honey?
A seven-year-old, aged 7, questions: by what process do bees produce honey?
- Flowers make honey, not bees – bees just collect it
- Bees are born in honey – it’s made by all the cells in their hive
- Bees take the nectar from flowers and reduce the water levels until it becomes honey
- Wasps produce it, and bees take it from them
Question 5: What Way of Thinking Do Infants Process Thoughts in Before They Can Talk?
An eleven-year-old, age 11, questions: prior to babies can speak, what language do they think in?
- It’s likely that babies don’t think using words at all
- Their thoughts match their parents' language
- They think in a special language that only babies understand
- They don’t think at all