Bee Science....

                                         A drop of honey (Nectar)

brought home by one single bee 

is rather small,

her honey stomach being 

not much bigger than the head of a pin.

In order to collect

a thimbleful of honey

she would have to fill, empty, and refill it

about sixty times.

However 

the droplet of honey in a single floret

is smaller still. 

Our foraging bee must visit

between one thousand and fifteen hundred single florets of clover

just to fill her honey stomach

once. 

- Karl von Frisch

Poster

Ellie's Buzzing Project

Ellie's Buzzing Project

For her Buzzing Project, Ellie decided to take a look at the science behind honey and she has discovered so many interesting facts! Did you know about all the health benefits we can get from honey? In these challenging times it is good to know how nature can help us to stay healthy.  Learn more about it on Ellie's science page.

For her Buzzing Drawing Challenge, Ellie has chosen to look at the vital minerals we can get from honey as well as the chemical formulas of enzymes and vitamins. As part of our research in our art classes we looked at geometry in nature and discovered the many times we can find hexagons in nature. Bees make hexagonal honey combs to store their honey. Their compound eyes are made up of hexagonal cylinders. Hexagons can also be found in the North of Ireland at the Giant's Causeway. Ellie even discovered that many molecular bonds are hexagonal. Isn't that amazing?

Well done Ellie!