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In Their Own Words

Sample Informative Speech Outline

BEES AND
BEEKEEPING
by Trevor Morgan

Specifi c Purpose: To
discuss a different side
of bees and beekeeping
that is less well-known to
most people.

Introduction
Notice how the speaker both gains I. Open with

attention and connects with the Impact/Connect
audience. with Audience:
A show of hands:
How many people
do not like or are
even scared of bees?
II. Thesis Statement:
Due to the major- Trevor Morgan
ity of people being
unfamiliar with bees,
bees tend to get a bad reputation that I hope to change.
The three-point organization is clearly III. Preview: I am going to discuss types of bees, species, and pollination.
previewed and easy to follow.
Body
I. Main Point: There are three main types of bees: queen bee, drone bee, and
the worker bee.
The speaker provided notations to him- A. Queen bee:
self about using visual aids. 1. Head of all bees in a colony. (Visual Aid)
2. Colony would not function properly without her.
3. Longer body than the worker bee.
4. Main job in hive is to lay eggs—up to 3,000 eggs a day.
5. Only stings other queen bees—not people; multiple stings.
B. Drone bee:
1. The only male bee—doesn’t have a stinger.
2. Only takes about twenty-fi ve fl ights in its life.
3. Specially designed for mating only with the queens.
4. Very lazy. When the mating process is over, the worker bees kill the
drone because it is no longer productive.
C. Worker bee:
1. The powerhouse of the hive.
2. Does all the work and carries out all the functions in the hive.
The speaker not only cites his source, he 3. Undeveloped female that is unable to lay eggs.
held up the book at this point. 4. They have pollen baskets used for pollination (Morse, 1975).
5. They do not act as individuals—they work together.
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