Rockville Centre kids invited to be a friend to the bees

  • 2020-02-26
Native bees and introduced species like honeybees play an important role in both the natural and human food chain. Lately, their numbers have been dropping, and a Rockville Centre project is seeking to lend them a helping hand.

Kids who are between the ages of 5 and 12 can learn more about these social insects when they participate in the Bombs for Bees workshop that will be hosted at the Center for Science, Teaching and Learning. It will be hands-on activity for the learners, running for about an hour and a half.

The young people who participate in the session will be making seed bombs, which will aid in ensuring that there will be plenty of sources of food for bees and other pollinators. The registration fee for the afternoon is $16, and donations to help feed the animals at the center or to aid in sending a child to camp will also be most welcome.

Offering a workshop like this can be a fun way to in introduce children to environmental stewardship. Printed instruction sheets and care tips for the plants that will be grown from the seeds can be prepared by Print shops to give out to the assembled group.

Rockville Centre’s Center for Science Teaching and Learning has invited all area kids to come and discover how they can be a friend to the bees. This drop-off event will be held on March 22.

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