Bee Keeper Visit

Last week, we had a bee keeper come and talk to us about the importance of bees. She even brought her bees in for us to see! She told us about how:

Bees fly from flower to flower, sipping nectar and collecting grains of pollen. Bees have a special tongue that sucks up the nectar and a crop in their throat for storing it until they get back to the hive, where it is turned into honey to use as food.

Many plants depend on bees to spread pollen, helping them to reproduce. Flowers that attract bees are usually yellow, blue, or purple. Many bees specialize in one plant species. 

Honeybees and bumblebees live in colonies or hives. All the bees in the colony work together for the good of the hive. Each has a job to do: the queen lays the eggs and the workers build the honeycomb, care for the larvae and collect the food.

At the end we got to try honey Ms. Madonna's bees had made :)

Hot Chocolate Math

Using food makes anything more fun for our class! Especially, when we get to eat the sweet treat after :)