The Bee Blogger

Important!!

Have you ever seen a bee walking on the ground, looking like they’re incapable of flight? You may think they’ve been hurt, or something is wrong with their wings. Although, most of the time, that is not the case!

If you ever happen to see a bee on the ground, its energy may be low. There is a way for YOU to save the bee’s life, and have it happily buzz off to continue with it’s job!

Simply take a small spoon. Add water and sugar on the spoon, then head for the bee! Place the spoon close to or underneath the bee carefully. Once your little pollinator is interested, it should take a few sips and fly away! 

If you happen to have a flower bed, feel free to place a little tray of this water that would be easily accessible to the bees. This could give them a small snack as they’re doing their work. Just make sure it’s not too full, for they could drown.

On the Earth, there are almost 20,000 species of bees, and only 2.5% of them live in colonies or are social.

The Queen lays about 600 to 700 eggs every single day and can live up to 5 years, while the normal bee only lives for a few weeks.

Instead of ears for sound, bees can sense vibrations through their hairs.

The first bees to ever have been recorded over 26,000,000 years ago were leafcutter bees.

Male drones will have larger cells than female workers in the honeybee hive.

Bees maintain the temperature of the hive through water and fluttering their wings!

The colour and flavour of honey is dependent on where the nectar came from, and different factors that change this is the climate and type of flower.

Bumblebees produce honey too! Just a very small amount that they use to feed themselves and their young.

Seed Scatter!

Today I ran an event called the “Seed Scatter” at my school, which I’d been planning for a few months. Students were able to purchase tickets for 50 cents to come help leave their eco-footprint on the school by scattering thousands of cosmos seeds!

For those of you who may not know, cosmos are beautiful perennial flowers that are pollinator friendly! Once they bloom in August, there will be plenty of bees. Not only were students able to help “beautify” the school today, they were also able to help our hard-working pollinators.