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Lesson 10: Summertime and Harvest

Importance of Honey Bees - posted from Newalla, OK

This is from PBS. They have a learning media section that has a lot of videos we use along with this curriculum. This one is about the importance of bees from the University of Georgia's Honeybee Lab.


It's Okay to Be Smart: How Do Bees Make Honey - posted from CORNELIUS, NC

5:15 video on PBS that shows how honey is made from nectar, how bees rely on flowers, and how we rely on the system for all of our flowering fruits and vegetables. My 9 year old loved this one!


Book about Bees & Flowers - posted from Kingwood, TX

"Flower Talk" by Sara Levine. Discusses the symbiotic relationship between bees and flowers from the point of view of a cranky cactus. Fun and informative. My 6 and 8 year old loved it. Available on EPIC and YouTube has a read aloud by the author herself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIaFFGzR488


How do Bees make honey? - posted from Noblesville, IN

This is a great video teaching from PBS. They teach all about bees, how the collect nectar and turn it into honey. They also talk about the importance of bees and how they differ from other pollinators. The video runs about 6 minutes.