Just thought that this might help make everyone's day-
I just started teaching out at our alternative high school, mid-semester switch between schools, and mentioned to the kids that I was going to start my own beehive this spring. I brought in my helmet, veil and smoker and let the kids try it all out, and they just went crazy over everything. Now I've got something like 30 kids who all want to learn how to keep bees, and they've been asking our principal everyday if we can put a beehive in the school yard. For obvious reasons we probably won't be able to put a hive at the school, but I'm seriously considering having them build an observation hive that we can keep out somewhere else. Anyway, I just thought it was great that the kids found this so interesting, and that they showed so much interest in it!
I just started teaching out at our alternative high school, mid-semester switch between schools, and mentioned to the kids that I was going to start my own beehive this spring. I brought in my helmet, veil and smoker and let the kids try it all out, and they just went crazy over everything. Now I've got something like 30 kids who all want to learn how to keep bees, and they've been asking our principal everyday if we can put a beehive in the school yard. For obvious reasons we probably won't be able to put a hive at the school, but I'm seriously considering having them build an observation hive that we can keep out somewhere else. Anyway, I just thought it was great that the kids found this so interesting, and that they showed so much interest in it!