Perfect for ages 5 and up

Using papers around the house and some strings, create your own flapping busy bee! Here's how:

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The characteristic buzzing sound of a honey bee is caused by its wings flapping at a rapid rate of about 200 beats per second.

Perfect for ages 5 and up

What goes around a bee's life? Using the shadow templates below and any light source around your house, snap a picture or record a video of your bee's story!

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Is the bee in your story a worker bee? What does it do when it's in the hive? How about when it's out? How does it communicate with its friends?

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Perfect for ages 5 and up

Many plants depend on bees for pollination, and without bees, we may not have a lot of fruits, vegetables and nuts!

Can you find the plant crops in the sea of letters?

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So how do bees pollinate flowers?

When a bee collects nectar and pollen from the flower of a plant, some pollen from the stamens (the male reproductive organ of the flower) sticks to the hairs of her body. When she visits the next flower, some of this pollen is rubbed off onto the stigma, or tip of the pistil (the female reproductive organ of the flower. When this happens, fertilisation is possible, and a fruit, carrying seeds, can develop.

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There are many obstacles that bees have to overcome to obtain nectar and pollen from flowers. One natural obstacle is the weather. Bees prefer sunny and warm weather. Bees are unlikely to leave the hive when it happens to be cold.

Bees need to also overcome pesticides that are used to protect crops. Bees can ingest residues of these pesticides as they collect pollen and nectar from plants.

Help this bee find its way to the flower!

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Did you know?

Bees actually cannot perceive the colour red! Anything that is red will appear black to bees. This means that they are unlikely to be attracted to red flowers.

Perfect for ages 5 and up

Wish to do some art and craft? Learn more about the life cycle of a bee by creating your own life cycle wheel!

Here's how to make your own life cycle wheel:

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Did you know?

Bees undergo complete metamorphosis. This means that they animal's body changes through four stages. Incomplete metamorphosis, on the other hand, only consists of three stages: egg, nymph and adult. For insects that undergo incomplete metamorphosis, the nymph looks very similar to the adult.

Perfect for ages 7 and up

Besides pollinating our plants, bees provide us with many useful products. Can you find five items that contain products of bees?

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Perfect for ages 9 and up

What is something sweet, sticky and is Winnie the Pooh's favourite food? Catch this special episode of Science o' Clock where we celebrate World Bee Day by learning about the properties of honey!

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How much do you know about our busy little bees? Check out this I Saw The Science blog article to BEE-friend these hard workers!

Perfect for ages 9 and up

Learn about the wonders of this seemingly simple shape used in beehives!

 

Did you know?

Hexagons are one of the most natural shapes in nature. Other than honeycombs, you can find them in snowflakes, some insects' compound eyes and even on the planet Saturn!