Primary 1-3 had a visit from a ‘Generation Science’ group this morning. It worked in perfectly with the work we have been doing on Bees.
The children got to see a Beehive and learnt about the different parts of it. The Queen bee lives in the bottom section and the top section is where they store their food. The Beekeeper uses a bee hive smoker to calm the bees down before they can collect honey. Once they have collected the honey they give the bees sugary water instead – which the Bees love!
As you will see from the photos the children had the opportunities to be bees during the workshop and had to identify what they could smell from the flowers.
They were also able to name the different parts of the bee for example the Thorax, abdomen and stinger!
The children were also taught that bees can see colours that we can’t! For example we can see a red flower but a bee can see that same flower in ultraviolet
