Bee-utiful Bees
We were very fortunate today to have Sylvana and Chris from Seaside Bees come to talk to us about bees and all the amazing things they do. We also got to see inside a hive, look at some real honeycomb and learn about beekeeping equipment. We were proud to realise that we already knew quite a lot about bees.
Sylvana and Chris even left us some honeycomb wax and we have some exciting projects lined up to use this next term. Thank you so much for sharing your time and your knowledge with us Chris and Sylvana :)
Trying out a bee suit.
Learning about what goes on inside the hive.
Checking out the honeycomb.
A candle made from honeycomb, and Sylvana showing us the smoker, which helps calms the bees down when she’s working in the hive.
Beeswax saved into ingots, and little hand made beeswax candles.
We had a good reason to thank the bees today, too, when we picked a harvest of pods from our pea plants. Without the bees the pea flowers could never have transformed into pods, and we wouldn’t have enjoyed this delicious snack. Thank you bees!
Who knew there would be so much competition to eat your greens? Somehow they taste so much better when you’ve grown them yourself.
A final little surprise today when we went to water the wildflower seeds we planted a couple of weeks ago (without even being reminded to… we are learning fast). They’ve sprouted! At this rate we should have a beautiful display of flowers in spring which will be great not only for us, but for the bees as well.
