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| The Story of Milk: How Bees Help Cows Written and photographed by Stephen Schutz. |
A photo shows a herd of cows in an alfalfa field. A magnifying glass enlarges the image of a tiny honeybee on an alfalfa flower. |
| Hi, I'm Roberto. I am the manager of this dairy farm. There are many kinds of workers here. Some are big, some are very small. Who are they? | A smiling man holds a big jug. A sign above him says "High Lawn Farm Dairy." |
| Honeybees are our smallest and hardest workers. They work all day long collecting sweet nectar and pollen from flowers. As they do this, they carry pollen from flower to flower. This helps alfalfa grow. | A honeybee lands on a purple alfalfa flower. |
| The farmer uses a tractor to cut the alfalfa. Can you guess what we use the alfalfa for? | A farm machine with big blades cuts alfalfa behind a tractor. |
| Alfalfa is a great food for cows. They love it! It keeps them strong and healthy so they can make milk. | A herd of cows gathers around a feeding trough. |
| The cows line up to be milked twice a day. They aren't usually late. They seem to know when it's milking time! Who milks the cows? | The cows wait in line behind a gate. |
| The cows are milked by a machine! The milk goes through tubes into a big tank. | A cow stands on a platform. A device with nozzles and tubes is connected to the cow. |
| We heat the milk to kill germs. This is called pasteurization. It's the computer's job to help us do it right. | A man in a white coat stands next to a different machine. He checks readings on a dial. A close-up shows the computer screen. |
| Once the milk is pasteurized it is bottled. We have a machine to help us do this job too. Not all of the milk gets bottled right away. | Another machine fills a line of milk bottles. |
| Some of the milk is made into chocolate milk! We make chocolate milk just like you do. We take regular milk, add chocolate powder, and stir! | A man holds a box labeled "Chocolate Flavor Powder" next to a big mixing tank. |
| It takes many kinds of workers to bring milk to your table.
We couldn't do it without the help of insects, plants, animals, machines, computers, and humans! THE END |
A child in a baseball cap smiles while holding an empty milk glass. |