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Beekeeping => Bees and Kids => Topic started by: LazyBkpr on July 03, 2014, 01:06:49 am

Title: Presentation!
Post by: LazyBkpr on July 03, 2014, 01:06:49 am

  SO I have a presentation to do for kids.. actually, two presentations at two different libraries..

   Taking along a hive to show them, along with drawn comb etc, and of course my little observation hive, as well as large pictures of a queen, a drone etc..
   Trying to make this very visual and fun. Looking for ideas that would entertain younger kids. 8 to 12 years old.    Anyone?
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: Jen on July 03, 2014, 01:12:05 am
How many kids?

Pizza while your explaining. Kids are more inclined to listen while eating.

Maybe have them take turns putting on an old bee suit, add pictures.

Mmmmm thinking.......
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: brooksbeefarm on July 03, 2014, 09:00:06 am
Don't worry about the kids ??? i have given presentations to my daughters second grade class several times, and i'm here to tell you those little Squirts (sorry Rb) can ask some hard questions. :o So you better read up. :laugh: Jack
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Post by: apisbees on July 03, 2014, 10:42:21 am
Jack is right about kids asking lots of good questions I talked at my daughters grade one class years ago and they asked some thought provoking questions.
Activity sheets, Into on bees, puzzles, coloring pages, bee and honey related. a cake made with honey instead of sugar with a honey drizzle icing, or cookies made with honey. Don't forget to take along all the products of the hive, bees wax, pollen, propolis, honey comb if you have any. Good luck and have fun playing with the kids Scott
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: Jen on July 03, 2014, 12:02:23 pm
Remember that these kids are 8-10 years old. Some of these kids already have iphones. This age is into leggo's. I may be putting too much into this, just thinking to mature it up a bit  :)
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: apisbees on July 03, 2014, 12:16:51 pm
Here is a link to a teachers guide on teaching bees. Covers from grades 1-3.

http://www.honeycouncil.ca/chc_teachers_kit.php (http://www.honeycouncil.ca/chc_teachers_kit.php)
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: blueblood on July 03, 2014, 12:20:27 pm
You need a bee suit!
http://www.costumecollection.com.au/img/f/w/killer-bee-costume-b78c85be.jpg
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: Jen on July 03, 2014, 12:30:47 pm
Apis and Blue to the rescue, Woooot!
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: blueblood on July 03, 2014, 01:09:19 pm
 :laugh: I was kidding of course....but, if you do wear a suit like that, we better see ya in it!
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: Jen on July 03, 2014, 01:17:43 pm
YEEEAAH! Video it Scott! That would Rock! And do let the kids try on a beesuit! And don't forget the pizza
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: LazyBkpr on July 03, 2014, 04:57:51 pm
hrm.. OK.. I am ignoring Blue from now on....,    :laugh:

   Yep, will take my suit, have the observation hive.. Figured I would put the suit on and then say I hope too many dont fly out  as I open it up...
   Of course its enclosed... but I wouldn't really do that, fun to think about though!

   Some good ideas here, Thanks guys, need all the help I can get...  thinking each half hour presentation is going to seem like ten hours or it will fly by....
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: Jen on July 03, 2014, 05:32:06 pm
Are both presentations for 8-10 yrs?

How about taking some dead workers and some dead drones, and maybe if you have a dead dried queen that they could look at?

I found that when I took a queen out of my alcohol jar that they shrivel up, not impressive at all. The kids in my neighborhood like to come into my back yard and find dead bees and put them in a jar.

Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: LazyBkpr on July 03, 2014, 10:54:35 pm

 I ordered the large pictures for presentations from brushy mountain..  but something was back ordered so they decided not to send any of it..  I have no idea if I will get any of it in time or not..   Not very happy with them at the moment....
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: Jen on July 03, 2014, 11:40:22 pm
Whoa Bummer ~
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: apisbees on July 04, 2014, 09:55:10 am
Does the club or who looks after the fairs close by have anything you  could borrow?
Looking after the display at our fair, I have a large format printer so i can design and print  my own. 3 ft. by up to 50 ft. if I had 2 days for it to print. It is nice cause you can get away from the limited stock posters that are available.

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Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: riverbee on July 05, 2014, 01:30:23 am
scott, hat and veil or two, let them try it on and pass it around.  hive tools and how you use them, bring your smoker. queen cage, and package bee cage, or nuc box, how the bees are shipped to us.  empty frames to compare to your drawn frames, how the bees draw these out.
kids like pix, but they love to get their hands on the equipment.
and last, HONEY, or honey stix.

best wishes and HAVE FUN!!!
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: iddee on July 06, 2014, 11:05:29 am
Forget the pizza. Take honey sticks or a honey bear of honey and a bag of oyster crackers. Let each kid hold the cracker while you put a drop of honey on it. Don't limit how many crackers they get.
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: Jen on July 06, 2014, 12:18:08 pm
Whaaaaat!??!! Oyster Crackers? Reeaally? Seriously?!!! Oyster crackers are the size of a nickel....

Iddee How long has it been since you have had to entertain 8-10 year olds. They are hungry at that age.

   Scott! After the presentation -- if you don't want to do a slice of pizza, then get some graham crackers and put some substancial honey on the crackers, give them lots of crackers. Or! give them each a half a slice of bread, put some peanut butter on half of the slice of bread and pour some honey on the other side of the bread, fold it over... Wah Lah! that's how I eat PBH's
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: Beeboy on July 06, 2014, 12:37:35 pm
You Could also take a extractor,  a couple of frames of honey & spin it out right in front of them then let them have it on s cracker after you filter it off course.
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: apisbees on July 06, 2014, 12:57:20 pm
Go out and catch different insects and mount them on a board to show the difference in looks of honey bees from some of the other insects that we see in our area, like bumble bees, hornets, wasps, yellow jackets, mason bees, alkaline bee or leaf cutter bee.
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: iddee on July 06, 2014, 01:23:03 pm
Jen, I have presented to 400 girl scouts that age at a jamboree. I have stood at the bee exhibit at the state zoo and handed them out to all ages for hours on Sunday. You are not there to feed the kids a meal. You are there to teach about bees and honey. The oyster crackers work great and one kid may want one and another may want 6 or eight. Now think about thirty kids with the amount of honey that will go on a graham cracker, and a few don't like the taste. After the teacher gets done cleaning the sticky mess, you will be forever banned from that school.   :o
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: Bamabww on July 06, 2014, 01:28:36 pm
I was asked to do a show and tell to two 2nd grade classes and by far the most interesting thing (to the kids) I carried was bees with different color pollen in 3 or 4 pint jars. Everyone, including the lunch room staff came out to see that when I explained what they were.

The kids liked the suit, veil etc but they loved the bees with pollen in their sacks.
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: Jen on July 06, 2014, 01:53:03 pm
Actually Apis, that's a good idea. When I am talking bees with others I have found that some of them don't know which one is the honey bee... they just know that they all sting! Identifying the different bees is a cool idea ~
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: Jen on July 06, 2014, 02:29:04 pm
Iddee- "After the teacher gets done cleaning the sticky mess, you will be forever banned from that school. 

  :D Well okay to the mess but I still think a graham cracker with a good blop of honey on it. One drop of honey just doesn't cut it for me and my foodie tendancies. And I would clean up the mess, just take along a box of wipes.

Actually we don't know how many kids Scott has to work with, let's see.... if it's thirty kids, give them a graham cracker with honey, if it's 8 kids give them a graham cracker with honey.
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: brooksbeefarm on July 06, 2014, 02:41:33 pm
Honey sticks is always a big hit, the word gets around and my daughter laughs when the next year starts, the kids ask her if her daddy is bringing the bees and honey sticks this year. :D Jack
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: apisbees on July 06, 2014, 04:06:41 pm
I like the sampling of the honey with out the added taste of what the honey is placed on use coffee stir sticks of have them wash their hands and use a bear and put a drop on their finger so the can lick it off. the stir stick is good for teaching about the viscosity of honey and having to swirl it to keep the honey on the stick but it can also be more messy. At the peoples choice honey competition at the Honey Producers Conference, I was surprised at how many beekeepers hadn't mastered the stick twirl evident by the number of honey drops on the table and floor.
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: Jen on July 06, 2014, 04:10:43 pm
That's another good idea, if Scott can't find stir sticks the $store will have popsicle sticks. The public bee programs and farmers markets use stick pretzels.
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: efmesch on July 06, 2014, 04:23:42 pm
How about bringing along some LIVE drones.  If you trim their wings you shouldn't have any problems of their flying away and the kids can get a good look at bees that don't sting.  The brave ones might even be so bold as to let them crawl on their hands.  This can serve as a good lesson to prove that not all bees sting and might help reduce/eliminate some of the fear kid have of bees.
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: Bakersdozen on July 06, 2014, 07:56:25 pm
How about bringing along some LIVE drones.  If you trim their wings you shouldn't have any problems of their flying away and the kids can get a good look at bees that don't sting.  The brave ones might even be so bold as to let them crawl on their hands.  This can serve as a good lesson to prove that not all bees sting and might help reduce/eliminate some of the fear kid have of bees.
That would get anyone's attention.  Good idea.
Pretzel sticks and honey is a good attention getter as well.  I would offer that at the end.  I also like someone's idea about different insects mounted so a child can learn to identify them.  They will be less likely to blame every stinging insect as a honeybee.
A frame of capped honey or some comb so they can touch it and smell it. 
How about some cut flowers or potted flowers of nectar plants?  Tell the kids to plant this for the bees next year.
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: mamapoppybee on July 08, 2014, 11:34:30 am
I like the idea about spinning a bit of honey with them. kids are as much hands on as they are visual. May be the misses could bake some treats made with honey? Then it would help show its uses. perhaps a few examples of what can be made from bee products. If you have some specimen of bees that have past so they can see them on a board. make a couple you can pass around so they can look as your talking. Card board is cheep to free.  Excited you got the gig can never teach enough!
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: LazyBkpr on July 08, 2014, 07:56:56 pm


   Indeed!  Some excellent ideas here..

  I was called by the local library, and two weeks later another library in a town over called and asked if I would present to the kids there as well, so it was a two gig day today. Most of the kids were younger in the 6 year old range, so a lot of what I planned to say was cut short by a limited attention span..
   I opened the observation hive, and that got a lot of attention fast..  after that I answered questions as they came rapid fire..   I had some good clean comb from a cut out, so when they asked me questions about the comb I handed them pieces of it.  One little girl was telling a friend about how the queen would kill the other queens in the hive without any prompting from me, so I nominated her for the next honey princess..  Her mom blushed worse than she did...
   I had a fantastic time once I had their attention riveted..  Most heavier questions came from moms after my main talk was done..   Not so bad being surrounded by curious moms......  now that most of them are 20 years younger than I am!!!     O:-)
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: brooksbeefarm on July 08, 2014, 08:59:01 pm
I know what you mean lazy, some of those 50 yr. old moms can ask some hard questions.  :laugh: Jack
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: Jen on July 08, 2014, 09:44:11 pm
Hey Jack! I Resemble That Remark!  :D
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: riverbee on July 08, 2014, 10:03:45 pm
"I know what you mean lazy, some of those 50 yr. old moms can ask some hard questions.  :laugh: Jack"

LOL!!!........ :D
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: efmesch on July 09, 2014, 03:17:11 am
 Do the Dads attend the lectures delivered by female beeks?  :o
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: LazyBkpr on July 09, 2014, 09:47:55 am
Do the Dads attend the lectures delivered by female beeks?  :o

   If Yoga pants or Jammies are involved it is a real possibility attendance would soar!
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: Jen on July 09, 2014, 11:56:29 am
You can count me in on modeling the swarm catching jammies, worn out birkenstocks, with a ball cap and a head veil. The ball cap says I 'big red heart' Honeybees, or Hardcore Carnivore, which ever cap I find first.  :D
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: riverbee on July 09, 2014, 11:57:29 am
............... :laugh:
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: LazyBkpr on July 09, 2014, 07:49:42 pm
LOL Mrs. Jen!
Title: Re: Presentation!
Post by: Bakersdozen on July 13, 2014, 11:07:11 am
Lazy,  Good job thinking on the fly.  Short attention spans and all, I think those kids probably learned a lot.