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New York City Beekeeper

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    •Social Studies •Science •New York City •Language Arts •Hobbies
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Brothers August (age 12) and Daniel (age 9) visit urban farmer David Gaves who keeps bee hives on the top of a skyscraper in the middle of Manhattan. The boys learn about handling bees and the challenges of beekeeping in the middle of a big city. Links to the beekeeper’s website, the National Honeybee Board, insect sites and recipes using honey.

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    Want to know more about David Graves and his Rooftop Honey? Click below for his store in Maine called Berkshire Berries. His website is filled with more stories about him, recipes and a catalog for ordering a jar of Rooftop Honey.

  • National Honey Board

    How many flowers must honey bees tap to make one pound of honey? How far does a hive of bees fly to bring you one pound of honey? The Honey Board has a web page just for kids with the answers to these questions along with recipes and the story of how honey is made.

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  • Lesson Plan From The Honey Board

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    Do you have a question about science? Ask Janice VanCleve, author of more than forty books on science and science fairs. Visit her site Science for Fun.


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