Buzzing Bees

Our classrooms turned into busy beehives as we explored the world of bees. Did you know that there are 3 kinds of bees in a beehive? The beehive is a home to one Queen Bee who eats the Royal Jelly and lays eggs, the Male Drones who mostly relax and Female Worker Bees who have many different jobs.  Teachers presented the Life cycle of a Bee- stages of Egg, Larva, Pupa and Adult Bee. Each child tried to be a part of the bee colony, so we had some Nurse Bees feeding the Larva, House Bees cleaning the cells, Guard Bees inspecting who enters the Beehive and Forager Bees who gathered sweet nectar and pollen. We also worked with beeswax, sampled some Honey, and baked delicious Honey Cakes.