Jim Power - Bee Keeper

Jim Power is a local beekeeper from Carrick. He came to our school to talk to us about bees. He visited our school on Wednesday the 10^th of October. We learned lots of new things. This is what we learned from Jim:

·       We learned that bees are kept in an apiary which is a type of beehive. It has lots of different sections that the bees live in.

·       Jim told us that the body of a bee has three sections; a head, a thorax and an abdomen. Bees have six legs that come from the thorax.

·       About two thirds of the worlds food depends on bees. They pollinate flowers and trees that then produce fruits and berries.

·       The first alcoholic drink was called mead and was made using honey.

·       There is one queen bee in every beehive and there can be up to 60,000 bees in a hive.

Find the Queen Bee

·        Bees can live up to four or five years, but in summer the worker bees can work themselves to death in six weeks.

What Jim showed us:

·       Jim brought some very special guests with him. BEES! He brought about 1,500 bees with him, including a queen bee.

·       Jim showed us some bees wax candles, models and moulds. He told us how to make candles from bees wax.

·       He showed us a skep, which is an old kind of beehive that was used before apiaries were made.

·       Jim showed us a slideshow of everything to do with bees. It was very interesting and we all learned a lot.

We thank Jim Power for coming to our school and teaching loads of new things about bees and their place in biodiversity.

By Rosa Wheaton 6^th class