Display fruits and vegetables that require honey bees for pollination, such as watermelons, apples, citrus, cucumbers and almonds. Have the students investigate and explain what happens when the nectar is taken back to the hive. Have the students write a story about what bees eat. Bee pollen is available at many health or specialty food stores. It could be used to dem onstrate how pollen from different flowers varies in color and texture.
Royal jelly is available at many health or specialty food stores.
It could be used illustrate what bees feed the queen larvae. Have the students gather recipes that require honey. The Secret Life of Flowers, by Anne Ophelia Dowden. Published by The Odessey Press, N.Y., 1964. A Book of Pollination, by Anne Ophelia Dowden.