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From: "John Howe" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology" Sent: Friday,
April 22, 2005 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Observation hive for classrooms


> Yes, it's possible to borrow a few frames and bring in an observationhive
> for a brief stay. Just keep them out of the sunlight or they'll fry.
> Betterbee makes an inexpensive obs. hive with a Boardman feeder which
> holds two deeps. I like to do a presentation in the morning then leave
> trhe hive for all day in the classroom and pick it up the next dayt so
> kids can get a more prolonged look.  I supply a set of inexpensive
> magnifying glasses. I also leave books and videos for the day.
> As for materials, in no particular order:
> Try the video "Tales from the Hive" at
> http://shop.wgbh.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=11866&storeId=11051&catalogId=10051&langId=-1.
> It's for grade 4 and up. Another video is "The Honey Files: A Bee's Life"
> which comes with a teacher's guide (grades 4-6)and activities and
> worksheets. And the study posters from Dadant are good.for all ages. I
> have gotten tons of kid's books books from Amazon just searching around
> and from ads in ABJ and Bee Culture mag. "The Magic School Bus: Inside a
> Beehive" from Scholastic Press  is imaginative and informative (3rd grade
> to 6th) "The Beeman" by Laurie Krebs is a good book about the craft (art?)
> of beekeeping.or "Hooray for Beekeeping!", A Bobbie Kalman book (Crabtree
> Publ. Co.) ""Clan Apis" is in comic book format and especially good for
> older kids and teens. http://www.jayhosler.com/clanapis.html   For little
> kids pre-school -1st  "Honeybee's Busy Day" by Richard Fowler is
> interactive with a cardboard "bee" that you manipulate through the book.
> My 5 year-old goddaughter adores it. Also for pre-school to grade 1 is
> "Busy buzzy bee" by Karen Wallace (DK Eyewitness Readers). Lots more if
> you email me privately. But that's the best of the bunch.
>
> Regards and Good Luck,
> John Howe
>

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