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About Honeybee Centre
Honeybee Centre's core beekeeping operation farms hundreds of honeybee colonies that produce thousands of pounds of honey each year. We support the local agriculture industry by using our bees to pollinate local crops such as blueberries and raspberries, which greatly increases the fruit yield for the farmers. Our experienced beekeepers raise honeybees, including queen bees, and continue to refine their beekeeping methods and augment this knowledge with the latest scientific and regulatory information.
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Our School Field Trip Program
Honeybee Centre offers exciting school field trips for grades K through 12. This one of a kind experience will bring your students face-to-face with the world of the honeybee. We offer a unique program that is curriculum linked for each grade. Students learn age appropriate lessons, as the content of the tour changes depending on the age of the student. Our goal is a fun and educational experience for all.
To learn more, follow the links below:
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Tour Time: 2 hours
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To bring the amazing world of the honeybee to the forefront of education through hands on activities and explorations.
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To showcase the relationship between humans and honeybees.
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To feature the honeybee as an integral species in our food web.
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To explore the honeybee and other pollinators as a keystone species in Earth's ecosystem.
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The tour begins with students observing live, working colonies of honeybees in our huge observation hive. With the help of our experienced tour facilitator, they will learn about the amazing biology of the hive, find the queen bee, see eggs, larva, pupa, drones and workers living naturally.
This is followed by learning beekeeping principles. The students can handle beekeeping equipment as they open a commercial hive that contains honeycomb, but does not contain bees. Next, our modern honey extractor is demonstrated and students view our honey pouring facility and candle making room. Students are encouraged to use our antique extractor from the 1920's and compare it to the efficiency of modern equipment.
Now, it is time to see an actual, live commercial colony of bees! Outside, students enter our safe, covered observation area to watch a beekeeper handle a live colony just steps away. The beekeeper will point out various aspects of the hive, honeybee and beekeeping. Everyone will be amazed at the truly gentle and social behaviour of these tiny insects.
Following that amazing presentation, the students enter our Discovery Room to continue learning about honeybee biology and the remarkable and epic relationship between humans and bees.
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Each tour includes a workshop session within the 2 hour tour time. The workshop lasts for 30-60 minutes, depending on the content. The remainder of the tour time is devoted to hands-on activities and information about honeybees.
If there is specific information that you would like covered in a workshop for your class, please don't hesitate to contact us with your request. We will do our best to provide the content that you would like. | |
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To book a field trip: |
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For more information: |
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Call: |
604 - 575 - BEES |
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Toll Free: |
1-877-975-BEES (2337) |
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E-message: |
click here to send us a message |
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