Bees get us Buzzing in October

We had the privilege of having Sylvana from Seaside Bees come and talk to Kopukairoa and garden club today about bees.

Kopukairoa had been learning about bees and pollination as part of their inquiry and were amazed at seeing a working hive up close. They asked a lot of questions about the roles of different bees in the hive, how Sylvana looks after them, did she get stung a lot, is the queen bee nice, why is the hive hot and a lot of other great questions. 

The kids loved watching the bees and seeing the dances. They couldn’t believe how busy they were and how big the queen bee is in real life.

Ruma 9/10 gave a haka to Sylvana to say thank you for coming and spending time with them. There were a few tears shed and the bees loved it too.

Garden club talked to Sylvana about what bees need to eat and what we could do as gardeners to bring them into the garden. We found this very useful and have plans over summer to sow wildflowers that bees like. We also learnt that bees need water to so we are going to keep out a shallow dish for them to drink from.

The kids also got to try on the bee suit and see some of the equipment that Sylvana uses.