Kids' Questions: Exploring the Tale of the Vampire and How Bees Make Honey

Join us while we answer some interesting queries from children regarding various topics such as this origin of this Dracula legend and this method of bee nectar making.

Question 1: Which Person Wrote the Legend of Dracula?

A young girl, age 8, wonders: which author created the tale of Dracula?

• Michael Morpurgo
• The Irish writer
• The creator of The Gruffalo
• William Shakespeare

Query 2: Why Do Bees and Wasps Sting?

A six-year-old, aged 6, questions: why do bees and wasps sting?

• They sting if they think you are a flower
• They are attracted to pleasant scents
• Stinging occurs when they need food
• It's a defense mechanism when they feel in danger

Question 3: Which Civilization Established the First Government?

Nate, age 8, asks: who created the very first government?

• People from Mesopotamia
• Civilization from Greece
• The ancient Egyptians
• The Mesoamerican culture

Query 4: How Do Bees Make Honey?

Harry, age 7, wonders: how do honeybees make 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 make honey, then bees steal the honey from wasps

Question 5: Which Way of Thinking Do Babies Process Thoughts in Prior to They Talk?

An eleven-year-old, age 11, asks: prior to infants can talk, which form of thought do they think in?

• They probably don't use words for thinking
• Their thoughts match their parents' language
• They use a unique baby language
• They don’t think at all