Our Beehive Trip

We were so fortunate to visit Hannah's beehives this afternoon! We walked up the road to her house and her Mum Debbie and friend Paul showed us all the bees in the hive. We saw the lavae, drones, worker bees and the Queen Bee as well. The hives were amazing and we had lots of bees flying around us. Debbie told us how the bees collect nectar from flowers and take it back to the hive where it turns into honey to feed the larvae. She also showed us how she collects the honey carefully and drains it off the honeycomb, then heats it gently and pours it into jars. The wax is also heated and we saw the beautiful-smelling slabs of beeswax she has made. What an amazing process of change!

Before we left we went and visited her back garden where she keeps hens and grows lots of vegetables. We learnt so much from Debbie - thank you for letting us come and visit!