This week we are focusing on the life cycle of a bee. Since honey bees have been disappearing at an alarming rate since 2006, due to a phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), we are also incorporating this into our study.
First, we watched this informative video on the life cycle of a honey bee.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSk_ev1eZec]
This video shows the honey bee dance, the waggle dance
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE-8QuBDkkw]
In the video below, California researchers are developing ways to ensure that we always have bees to help pollinate our crops in this video.
http://www.kqed.org/quest/flash/KQEDMediaPlayer.swf
QUEST on KQED Public Media.
we have a huge honey bee colony in our front yard tree! 🙂 there are soo many bees the tree is buzzing and they are loud! 🙂
Great timing! We are studying honey bees too – I just haven't been organized enough to post it yet. *wink*