K-3rd Beekeeping Projects
K-3rd Beekeeping Projects
Name ____________________________________________
Things I plan to do:
q Check out a book about honey bees from the library with an adult. Ask the librarian for help. Read it with your parent.
q Make a peanut butter and honey sandwich with your parent and share it with each other.
q Take a trip to the grocery store and list the fresh fruits and vegetables that you see which are pollinated by bees. Share this information with your family at dinner.
q Attend a local beekeepers club meeting with an adult. Find out why a beekeeper uses a smoker and from where honey comes.
q Visit a garden in bloom during the mid-morning hours when the temperature is above 60 degrees. See how many different flowers were visited. Look to see if the bees have a favorite color flower. Watch to see if they visit the leaves or stems of the plants.
If possible, make another visit late in the afternoon or when it is cold and compare the number of honey bees you see visiting flowers then.
q Have your parent find a dead honey bee or have your parent catch a honey bee in a jar or zip lock bag. Place it in the freezer overnight. Be careful not to squeeze it or touch the stinger even when it is dead. Use a pair of tweezers and a magnifying glass to examine it.
Look for the two antennae. q
Look for the two large eyes. q
Count the number of legs. q
Count the number of wings. q
Look at the color of the wings. q
See if the body is smooth and shiny, or fuzzy with hairs. q
q Draw a picture of
a honey bee. Make sure it has all the correct parts.
Things I have learned:
q A bee has three main body parts.
q A bee has six legs.
q A bee has two pair of clear wings.
q A bee has a hairy body.
q Honey bees visit flowers most in the morning of warm days.
q Bees make honey from nectar collected from flowers.
q Some fruits and vegetables that need honey bees to visit them
q The part of a plant that is attractive to bees
q Bees have favorite colored flowers to visit.
q Beekeepers keep honey bees in a box called a beehive.
q Beekeepers use smoke to calm bees.
q I have shared some
of my knowledge with my family.
Beekeeping supply companies:
Brushy Mountain Bee Farm
610 Bethany Church Rd.
Moravian Falls, NC 28654
1-800-BEESWAX
www.beeequipment.com
Dadant & Sons, Inc
51 South 2nd St.
Hamilton, IL 62341-1397
1-800-637-7468
www.dadant.com
Some common fruits and vegetables needing bee pollination: