I never fail to be impressed with the capacity to learn and insightful questions from our Bee Club children.
Today we were in the classroom looking at the importance of recognising healthy brood in the hive. 'C-shaped, curly, pearly, shiny white and segmented, floating on a pool of brood food' they were all shouting by the end of the session! We used Digestive biscuits to demonstrate normal worker cappings, a good way to remember how they should look... dry, biscuit coloured, even and slightly rounded. Knowing what is normal, allows beekeepers to recognise when things may be going wrong in a hive. The children thought that beekeepers are like detectives... which is a really good way of thinking about managing our hives, spotting the clues so we can help our bees in good time.
Today we were in the classroom looking at the importance of recognising healthy brood in the hive. 'C-shaped, curly, pearly, shiny white and segmented, floating on a pool of brood food' they were all shouting by the end of the session! We used Digestive biscuits to demonstrate normal worker cappings, a good way to remember how they should look... dry, biscuit coloured, even and slightly rounded. Knowing what is normal, allows beekeepers to recognise when things may be going wrong in a hive. The children thought that beekeepers are like detectives... which is a really good way of thinking about managing our hives, spotting the clues so we can help our bees in good time.
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