‘Meet the beekeeper’ An introduction to bees workshop

Resident beekeeper Nathan Stewart, from Maya’Xala Honey, will take kids on an adventure to explore inside the hive. In this interactive and hands-on learning class, Nathan will teach kids more about these fascinating and crucial invertebrates as well as teach them about the amazing superfood they make: honey.

The session will touch on:

• Extracting and tasting different honey and honeycomb.
• The roles of a queen, drone and worker bee.
• Looking at bees under a microscope.
• How to find the queen bee amongst thousands of worker bees.
• Learning to appreciate the foods that would not exist without bees and pollination.

Each child will take home a temporary bee tattoo and a bee helium balloon. Ideally suited to kids aged 5-9 years old.