Honey Bee Unit Study Resources

Our local library has a great, new feature – a live honey bee hive inside the kids area! The hive is enclosed in glass so kids can view what goes on inside. There is a pipe leading from the hive to the outside. The honey bees are free to come and go.

My kids are bee fanatics, so they are thrilled by having a bee hive right in their section of the library. The kids aren’t afraid of bees at all. In fact, they will go as far as to pet them. Yep. They pet the bees. They say they are fuzzy. I’ll take their word for it.

Honeybee Unit Study Ideas and Links

Even though my kids are bee-crazy, they don’t know a lot about them, so we’ve been reading some books from the library about bees and looking up some information online. They are fascinating creatures. A honey bee unit study would be a fun project for all ages. You could…

build a huge beehive out of plastic milk jugs
visit a local beekeeper
study honey
eat honey
put double-sided tape on a glove and then dip your hands in feathers or cotton balls to show how pollen sticks to bees legs
make a chart about the honey making process
visit a flower garden and observe bees in action

Here are some FREE online resources you might consider.

Honey Bee Anatomy Lesson and FREE Printables

Studying Bees In Your Backyard

Honey.com has lots of honey information from the National Honey Board

Honeybee Creature Feature from National Geographic for kids

Honeybee Teaching Guide from the National Honey Board (great download with lots of information and activities)

Honeybee rhymes, worksheets and crafts for younger scientists from DLTK-Teach.com

The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive – Our favorite science book series!!!

The Honey Makers from Gail Gibbons, one of our favorite children’s authors.