What's The Buzz??

After the Oct. 31st meeting, the Robot Rampagers went on a field trip to meet an important insect to our environment. BEES!!!
The team met with Mr. Finkelstein, a local beekeeper, to talk about his bees. To begin, Mr. Finkelstein talked to everyone about insects in general, how bees came to America and different kinds of bees. One of the main things that he does is sell queen bees to other beekeepers who want to start new hives. They try to sell about 5oo queen bees in a bee year.
Mr. Finkelstein showed everyone the type of bee box he uses for his bees, but he also explained other types that are used. The tools that are used by beekeepers include the smoker and a pry bar to separate the slides. Mr. Finkelstein also showed how he collects the honey and the tools he uses to do it.

After the explanations, Mr. Finkelstein took the team, two at a time, back to his hives. They explored the hives and saw big hives, newer hives, queens and bees that had diseases.

This is what the queen bees are shipped in. The queen has a red dot of paint on her. She also has her attendants to feed and take care of her, otherwise she'll die within an hour. The box works by taking out a wood cork on the end(side with the white stuff) the white stuff is candy, that the bees will eat their way out!

Really Cool!!!!