Bees are special!

On Monday the 11th of April my dad Norbert came to talk about bees. He said that bees are different than wasps because bees have a little bit of fur and wasps have no fur. We got to hold a male bee. They won't sting. We also had honey tasting. The flavours were manuka and honey dew. My favourite was the manuka because it had more taste. He showed us some pollen, we can eat pollen. It is so, so yum.
By Elisha

Norbert came to talk to us about bees and wasps. The drones can't sting, they are the males. The females are worker bees and they feed the queen.  This was one of my favourite things. The bees and wasps are cold-blooded. A bit of smoke makes them eat a lot of food so they become calm. This is funny but bees are furry! After questions Norbert showed us parts of  the hive. Then we got to taste some honey. I tasted manuka honey first, then honey dew, then honey comb. The honey comb was chewy. He then showed us the smoker. We went outside and he let everyone have a turn, it made smoke come out when you pushed it in and out. Then we all went back inside and he showed us the drones and the worker bees. He took the drones out because they don't have a sting. Everyone got to hold one. Then he packed up and went home.
By Erica

On Monday we learnt about bees. There are over 200 kinds of bees. Bees are furry. Some bees make honey that is good for cuts. Bees die after they sting but if a queen bee stings it does not die, it pulls its stinger back into its body.
By Ollie

Elisha's dad, Norbert, came to Room 15. He works with bees. He has a funny costume, a hat and two gloves to wear. He said male bees can't sting you. I held the male bee. The bees are cute.
By Maggie

Bees make honey for us. Female bees sting, males don't. I love bees, they are fragile. Wasps are meat eaters. Some bees live in a box. I got to hold a bee. There are more than 200 kinds of bees.
By Latoya

Norbert showed us how to use a smoker to calm down the bees. When you blow the smoke in the hive the bees think that there is a bush-fire so they fill themselves up with honey and leave the hive so we can collect all the honey without getting stung.
By Leah B

Bees die after they sting except the queen. The queen can't die because she can pull her sting back in. Males can't sting. Bees collect nectar and pollen. Bees are cold-blooded and furry and they eat honey. They're vegetarians.  Smoke calms them down.
By Caleb

Can you spot the bee?