Kids' Questions: Exploring this Legend of Dracula and How Bees Produce Honey

Come along while we answer a few fascinating queries from children regarding various topics including this origin of the vampire legend and this process of bee nectar production.

Question 1: Which Person Invented the Legend of the Vampire?

Freyja, aged 8, asks: which author created the tale of Dracula?

• Michael Morpurgo
• The Irish writer
• Julia Donaldson
• William Shakespeare

Query 2: For What Reason Do Bees and Wasps Use Their Stinger?

Gilbert, age 6, asks: for what reason do bees and wasps sting?

• They might mistake you for a flower
• They sting you if you smell nice
• They sting when they are hungry
• They sting when they feel threatened

Query 3: Who Established the Earliest Government?

Nate, aged 8, asks: which group formed the very first governing system?

• The ancient Mesopotamians
• Civilization from Greece
• Society from Egypt
• The Aztecs

Question 4: How Do Bees Produce Honey?

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

Query 5: Which Language Do Babies Process Thoughts in Before They Speak?

Ivy, aged 11, asks: before infants can speak, which language do they process in?

• It’s likely that babies don’t think using words at all
• They think in whatever language their parents speak in
• They think in a special language that only babies understand
• They may not think in a structured way