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Amazing Bees

... parents, students & teachers

When you want to experience the buzz of live beehives - please visit the Collingwood Children's Farm Apiary.

The apiary is run by beekeepers of the Victorian Apiarists' Association (VAA) Melbourne section and is attended by beekeepers on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month.

Location: Melway 2D-D10 - More information on the Collingwood Children's Farm website

You can find more information about the apiary on www.photoblog.com/collingwoodbees as well as on YouTube

Links to web sites with bees-for-kids content	Comment
HOBOS The Honeybee research website for students, parents, teachers, scientists and beekeepers.	Since 2006 bee expert Professor Dr. Jürgen Tautz has been developing HOBOS (Honey Bee Online Studies) as a novel and interactive teaching concept. A preliminary stage of HOBOS came about in June 2009 and made it possible for school classes from nine countries to delve into a real honeybee colony via the Internet. These countries included Germany, USA, China, Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, Italy, South Africa, Switzerland and Jordan.
The Guide to Beekeeping for Adults and Kids	Whilst this website has nothing to do with bees and beekeeping and despite the advertising for "fragrances" the website points to a number of beekeeping websites resulting in a comprehensive overview about bees and beekeeping - very well done indeed.
The honey bee Waggle Dance	A YouTube video clip showing how bees dance to communicate to the others where they should fly to find nectar.
Biene Maja official web page (in German)	"Biene Maja" (Maja the bee) has been the world's biggest comic series featuring bees and the insect world and has been shown on German TV in 104 20-minute episodes in the late 1970's. A great children educational program. Besides a few other things you can download wallpapers like this "Biene Maja" comic wallpaper from this website. (Unfortunately not available in English)
Bee Buzz for Kids	A fun web site with information about bees for kids from Zachary Huang

Below is a collection of links to fascinating audiovisuals about bees.

The importance of bees
A YouTube video clip for parents.
The motivation behind the childrens' book "Bee and me"

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Honey Bee - Teach Your Kids About The Amazing Bees

A YouTube slide show with information about bees

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The Bee Hive

An educational animation on YouTube about the life of bees and the structure of beehives.

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How bees make Honey

An educational animation on YouTube explaining how bees make honey.

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How it is made - Honey

An educational animation on YouTube explaining how bees make honey.

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How bees make honey with Steve the beekeeper

A YouTube video clip - Steve the beekeeper shows how bees make honey in their wooden hives.

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Harvesting Honey

A YouTube video clip showing a hobby beekeeper how to collect honey from the hive, decapping the honeycomb, extracting the honey from the comb and filling it into the jar - for the first time.

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The Queen Bee
A YouTube video clip showing the queen bee laying eggs.

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The Honey Bee - an Architectural Marvel (clip on YouTube)