ESH 1st graders visit the apiary!

Today, two classrooms from ESH - Ms. Wagner & Ms. Kennedy and Ms. Rochester & Ms. Cincotta - visited the apiary. Ms. Wagner's class has been making an awesome bee display outside their classroom and Ms. Rochester's class has been studying insects. This makes the apiary and the garden a perfect to visit and make connections to the classroom.

It was a beautiful sunny day with blooming plants and active bees!!





The students gathered around the apiary and talked about how to behave around the bees and  used their observation skills to view the bees and the beehives.








 

The students were even able to see pollen on the back legs of bees returning to the hive.

 We also put some bees in a box so the students could observe them up close.

They students brought with them some great questions about the bees. Here are a couple of them:

We opened the hive and took out a frame of honeycomb covered with bees. The students formed a receiving line and were excited to see so many bees up close!

Then we put the frame back and the students returned to school with visions of happy bees!!

Thanks for the visit!!

And don't forget the famous monarch butterfly! The students saw some of the telltale larvae on milkweed plants!! Bonus!