Come along while we answer some curious queries posed by children regarding different topics including the creation of the vampire myth and the process of bee nectar making.
Query 1: Which Person Created the Legend of Dracula?
A young girl, aged 8, asks: who penned the story of Dracula?
- A popular children's author
- The Irish writer
- The creator of The Gruffalo
- The famous playwright
Question 2: For What Reason Do Bees and Wasps Sting?
Gilbert, aged 6, asks: for what reason 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
Question 3: Which Civilization Formed the First Governing Body?
Nate, age 8, asks: which group established the first governing system?
- People from Mesopotamia
- The ancient Greeks
- The ancient Egyptians
- The Mesoamerican culture
Question 4: In What Way Do Honeybees Create Honey?
A seven-year-old, aged 7, questions: by what process do bees make 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
Question 5: Which Language Do Babies Process Thoughts in Before They Can Talk?
Ivy, age 11, asks: before infants are able to talk, which language do they think in?
- They probably don't use words for thinking
- They think in whatever language their parents speak in
- They think in a special language that only babies understand
- They don’t think at all
