The Bees Swarmed!

Swarming is the process which honey bee colonies reproduce to form new colonies. When a honey bee colony outgrows its home, the bees swarm. They also swarm when the hive becomes too congested, or too populated for the queen’s pheromones to control the workforce....

Hope Trunk or Treat

The 8th grade Education group had a trunk at Hope Lutheran’s Trunk-or-Treat.  We handed out 300 honey sticks and flyers with information about our bee hive. We also decorated the trunk with the beehive’s logo.  Ella and Emily wore our beekeeper outfits.  A lot of...

Bee-utiful Progress!

Our little bee friends have been working hard and have made the hive even bigger and better. Here below are the photos of their progress!

Our Bees Have a Name!

Hello everybody!  The new bee hive is up in the science room, and we have come up with a name for our new beehive! Hope B-n-B. (Beatrice and Bees) This name still has time for change, comment if you have any...
Bee-Ware of the Bee’s

Bee-Ware of the Bee’s

Excitement is buzzing in the science room! We have finally ordered the new indoor observation bee hive. Watch the bees work and live their lives as they come and go. This can benefit the students of Hope Lutheran because it will give the students a better look on how...

History of bees

Ancient Egyptians were the first ones to keep bees. They were held in pottery vessels or woven baskets called skeps. When you think of a beehive you think of an egg shape with a flat bottom with honeycomb. This was what the skeps looked like. North America was found,...