Bees!!

Today we were lucky enough to be invited over to the Playcentre for a 'pre bee trip bee trip'! Sarah has bees of her own and knows so much about how they live and make honey and how to collect honey.
Rūma Tahi was bursting with questions! We had a chance to look at the honey box that goes on top of the hives, the frames inside, we learnt about bees wax, capping, the smoker, bee suits, the queen bee (she lives downstairs on the bottom floor), and heaps more. Bring on Wednesday.

Best of all... we got to try some honey and honeycomb!! Some funny faces in here enjoying it. 

Amazing! Thank you Sarah for sharing all your knowledge. We wrote thank you notes this afternoon. 

Thank you for the honey, I really love it and I wish to come over again. From Aurelia

Thank you for teaching us about bees. I enjoyed puffing the smoker. I absolutely love the honey and also I loved holding the bees. It was the best bee trip in the whole entire Galaxy. I wanted to stay there for the whole day. From Elia

Thank you for letting us touch the beeswax and eating honey. It was good. From Jah-Zia

Thank you for the honey and letting us have a look at the queen bee and the rest of the bees. From Tiria

 

Dear Sarah, thank you for letting us try some honey, letting me hold the queen bee and some other bees. But the most fun thing I liked was your sharing. From Evelyn

Thank you for helping us  earn more about bees. I had a fun day. I love the honey most and the smoker is fun but it tells a message to the bees that someone is coming. From Gabriella

Thank you for the honey, it was yum. I liked the smoker and the bees the queen bee was shaking.  the holes were filled with honey. From Calaye

Thank you for teaching me that the bees put lids on the wax and the smoker made me cough. Thanks for letting us try some of the honey. From Jacob

Thank you for showing us the smoker and the queen bee and also thank you for having us. From Hunter

Thanks for letting us at the honey and hold the bees. From Lucan

Thank you for showing us the beeswax and queen bee and smoker. From Tyrese

Thank you for showing us the queen bee and letting us have some honey. It was yum. It was cool. From Sam

Thank you for letting us try some honey. The smoker was interesting. From Clancey

Thank you for showing us the smoker and showing us the queen bee. The queen bee lives at the bottom. Thank you for letting us come to the playcentre the honey was sweet. From Isabell.

Thank you for letting us have a turn on the sprayer and the honey. Thank you for letting us eat the honey. Thank you for showing us the queen bee. From Tama

Thank you for letting us have honey. Thank you for letting us look at the smoker.

From Darragh

Thank you for the honey and letting us have a look at the queen bee and the rest of the bees.

From Tiria

Thank you for letting us feel the honeycomb and letting us squeeze the smoker thank you for letting us come! It was fun.

From Ayla

Thank you for letting us come over and teaching us about the honey bee. Now I know a lot of information about bees. Thanks for teaching us about the smoker and showing us the queen bee and letting us try some honey it was yummy in my tummy. You are the best and telling us how long it can live for. It can live for about 7 weeks.

From Riico

Thank you for teaching us about the queen bee. And how long the bees can stay alive for. The smoker made me cough. From Lauren