May 2025 – Calling all Super Sleuths
Every bite of chocolate that you eat starts out as seeds in a pod on a tree called Theobroma cacao. Its name translates to “food of the gods.” The white flowers of the tree are small and complex. There is only one tiny pollinator that can work its way into the flowers and cause pollination.
Hay Seed and City Slicker are big chocolate fans. After seeing a picture of the intricate cacao flower, they want to learn more about the teeny pollinator responsible for making chocolate happen!
Help them by doing some research and answering the following questions:
- Find the insect responsible for pollinating the cacao tree hidden in this magazine, giving the page number. It is very tiny, so look carefully.
- Give the name of the insect.
- How large is this pollinator?
- In what parts of the world are the cacao trees and its pollinators found?
- What is your favorite chocolate candy?
For a chance to win a $25 Amazon email gift card, fill out the form below or send answers with name, address and phone number to:
Cooperative Living Super Sleuths
4201 Dominion Blvd., Suite 101
Glen Allen, VA 23060
Kids Korner submissions are for children under the age of 16.
March Super Sleuths
The March Super Sleuths was about the “moody” month of March. For a chance to win a $25 Amazon email gift card, kids were asked to find and name the two constellations hidden in the issue and give the page number. They were also asked to observe and record March’s weather at the beginning of the month and at the end of the month, and then explain their findings using the lion and lamb analogy.
The winning answers are:
- Leo and Aries, page 35
- “The first part of March was very windy with roaring winds, such as a roaring lion. The second part of March was calm and gentle, like a lamb.”
OUR WINNER IS ROZLYN.
Congratulations, Rozlyn!
Answers to scrambled pollinators: butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, wasps, hummingbirds
