Locally, we wrapped up Polliinator Week with an annual event at the local Pollinator Prairie. Lots and lots of busloads of kids and some families came through to learn about bats, moths, butterflies, native bees, honey bees, food sources, etc. Someone must have been teaching honey bee biology because many of the kids knew about pollen baskets. With the help of a grandson we passed out honey sticks, let kids handle some great pieces of burr comb that I had cut out, talk about what beekeepers do, explained the different tasks the bees do, and let the kids do honey comb etchings. I lay down honey bee themed fabric to protect the table. I put out plastic foundation with 11x17 sheets of paper and crayons. From there the kids know what to do. I didn't take an observation hive and glad I didn't. It was so beastly hot I think they would have died. So many of the kids were skittish at the thought of a bee being near them that I decided to skip the observation hive.
