Children in Ravens’ Class at Stickland’s School in Evershot have been learning about bees and becoming beekeepers at Summer Lodge.
Once a week, the chair of governors, Suzie Mutch, has been teaching the children the vital role of bees in pollination, enabling children to gain a thorough understanding of why bees are so important and what they do for nature and for us.
Pupils have been creating their own frames coated with beeswax to place in a beehive at Summer Lodge and wearing beekeeper suits, boots and hat, have been observing what the bees have done each week.
One pupil said: “I have learnt a lot of new things about bees that I didn’t know before.”