World Bee Day: BEE Our Friend!
What will the world be without bees?
Celebrate World Bee Day with us from 18 to 20 May! Find out more about bees and their essential role in our planet.
BEE Different
@ The Mind’s Eye Exhibition
10am – 12.30pm & 2pm – 4.30pm
Buzz Buzz, is that a bee?
Join us to learn more about the characteristics of bees and take home your very own little bee craft.
BEE a Pollinator
@ The Mind’s Eye Exhibition
10am – 12.30pm & 2pm – 4.30pm
BEE-lieve it or not, honey bees are the world’s most important pollinator. Try your hand at being a pollinator and understand the significance of honey bees through this interactive activity.
Let’s BEE dancing
@ Outside Mendel Auditorium, Hall A
10am – 12.30pm & 2pm – 4.30pm
Ever wondered how bees communicate to their fellow bees? In this activity, challenge yourself to communicate just like the bees.
Buzzing Bees
@ The Tinkering Studio
For ages 5 and above
10.30am - 4.30pm
Using simple robots, with just a tiny battery and motor, we will explore how this interesting mechanism works and construct your own tiny bees, bugs, and insects that scuttle across the table.
Tessellations Stamp
@ The Tinkering Studio
For ages 5 and above
10.30am - 4.30pm
Patterns are all around us and of course one of the most famous patterns in nature is the beehive. Come on down and explore what makes the shape of a beehive so interesting through stamps and the concept of tessellations.