Come along while we answer a few curious queries from kids regarding various topics including this creation of this Dracula myth and this method of bee nectar making.
Query 1: Who Wrote the Story of Dracula?
A young girl, aged 8, wonders: who wrote the story of the famous vampire?
- A popular children's author
- Bram Stoker
- Julia Donaldson
- William Shakespeare
Query 2: Why Do Bees and Wasps Use Their Stinger?
Gilbert, 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
- It's a defense mechanism when they feel in danger
Query 3: Who Established the Earliest Government?
An eight-year-old, age 8, questions: which group established the first governing system?
- The ancient Mesopotamians
- The ancient Greeks
- The ancient Egyptians
- The Aztecs
Query 4: In What Way Do Honeybees Make Honey?
Harry, age 7, wonders: by what process do honeybees create their golden nectar?
- Flowers make honey, not bees – bees just collect it
- They are born in honey, which is produced in hive cells
- 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
Query 5: What Way of Thinking Do Infants Process Thoughts in Before They Speak?
Ivy, age 11, questions: prior to babies are able to talk, which form of thought do they process in?
- They probably don't use words for thinking
- Their thoughts match their parents' language
- They think in a special language that only babies understand
- They don’t think at all
