BEE Camp

Since the girls had finished their Science curriculum by the end of April, we spent a few weeks on Bees to lead up to Lauren going to Bee Camp at the beginning of June.  We read multiple books and made a lapbook about Bees using Bees Express Lapbook and Bees Speedy Lapbook from Currclick.com.  Our favorite book was The Life and Times of the HoneyBee!

 

 

 

On June 7th-8th, Lauren attended BEE Camp at Bear Exploration in Montgomery.  This was the 1st year for the Central Alabama BeeKeepers to put on the camp, and they did a fabulous job!  

 They attended classes for a few hours the first morning - Bee Biology, Bee Chemistry, and Hive making.  The classes went over all the material we had read about a few weeks ago during our bee study.

Then they learned how to suit up in a BeeKeepers suit for protection.  They learned about the fogger and why the Beekeepers use it.  They also extracted honey from the hives.  Lauren is the one holding the fogger in the bottom picture.

For a girl who was not excited about going to Bee Camp.  She came home Friday excited to return on Saturday.  By Saturday afternoon, I got a big "thank you for signing me up for Bee Camp!  It was SOOOOOO much FUNNNNN!"  She came home with the part of the hive she made, honey she extracted, and lip balm she made from the wax!