Place artificial flowers in weighted coffee cans. Arrange cans on the lawn outside the education building in two patches. Designate one patch as the near garden, the other as the far garden. Sit students in a circle and show posters of social insects. Point out different types and describe their duties.
Detailed information is written on backs of posters.
Review the duties of worker bees. Discuss how they collect nectar and pollen from flowers. Discuss how they communicate with one another and demonstrate the dances. Have students turn with their backs to the flowers. Put pollen and nectar cards in the cans of both gardens.