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The Hawaiian History of Honey Bees, from a Beekeeper’s Perspective

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The Hawaiian History of Honey Bees, from a Beekeeper’s Perspective

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Nalo Meli (Honey Bee) - Words & music by Alice Namakelua

E aha ʻana ʻoe e ka nalo meli
Mūkīkī pua aloalo
Maluna malalo pau na ono
Ke kiʻi ana ia a ka nalo meli

ʻAʻohe pua kau ʻole a ka meli
Pau o ke aloalo me ka melia
Ke kiawe o ka hau me ke kuawa
Na pua ono ia a ka nalo meli

Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana
No ka nalo kau i ka pua aloalo
Maluna malalo pau na ono
Ke kiʻi ana ia a ka nalo meli

What are you doing little honey bee?
Sipping the sweet from the hibiscus bloom
From the top to the bottom you gather sweets
That`s the trick of the little honey bee

There's lots of choice for the honey bee
It picks the hibiscus and the plumeria
The kiawe, the hau and guava, too
That's the trick of the little honey bee

This is the story I have told you
Of the bee that sits on the hibiscus
From the top to the bottom gather all the sweets
That's the trick of the little honey bee

Source: "Aunty Alice Namakelua's Lifetime Hawaiian Compositions" - July 31, 1960, the composer went to visit her friends, but they were not at home. She waited in her car for their arrival and watched the bees gathering nectar from the different flowers. This was the inspiration for this song. Alice Namakelua was 59 years old when she composed this song and 78 when she translated it. © 1973, Heinz Guenther Gerhard Pink

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Nalo Meli (Honey Bee) - Words & music by Alice Namakelua E aha ʻana ʻoe e ka nalo meli Mūkīkī pua aloalo Maluna malalo pau na ono Ke kiʻi ana ia a ka nalo meli ʻAʻohe pua kau ʻole a ka meli Pau o ke aloalo me ka melia Ke kiawe o ka hau me ke kuawa Na pua ono ia a ka nalo meli Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana No ka nalo kau i ka pua aloalo Maluna malalo pau na ono Ke kiʻi ana ia a ka nalo meli What are you doing little honey bee?

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THIS ITEM WAS SUCCESSFULLY FUNDED BY OUR RECENT CROWD-FUND CAMPAIGN. CLICK HERE TO SEE IT. THE GAMES ARE NOW BACK IN STOCK!

Enter the fascinating world of honey bees with this imaginative and educational game! Children will delight as they become part of a swarm in search of a new nesting site. Each child assumes the role of a worker bee with special job assignments to help their colony grow. As they act out their jobs, a compelling tale unfolds: The Story of Bees! Children will buzz, run, sing and dance their way through colony life all while learning real, factual information about bees. They will face threats, make sacrifices and overcome it together, illustrating the benefits of teamwork. The Story of Bees! is flexible and can be played in a variety of settings with mixed ages and with a large range of group sizes.

Practical Information: This game is not a table top game. It's meant to be physically acted out and requires an adult to lead the game for the first few rounds of play. It works best when played after a formal lesson on bees and how they live, for that reason we recommend you pair it with our Educational Posters. Use the posters to teach the kids all about bees and then get them involved in the learning process by playing the game! If you are not knowledgeable about bees yet, our instructional booklet includes tons of helpful information to help you learn.
What's in the box?
- 1 deck of 36 worker bee job cards

- 6 larger worker bee job card

- 1 queen bee crown

- 1 queen bee pin

- Instructional booklet with queen bee script, game tips/variations and detailed educational information about how honey bees live.
Recommended for children 5+. For groups of 3-32 players. Expansion card decks are available to accommodate larger groups or to enhance game play by allowing more cards per player. Sorry, this item is non-refundable. Games are shipped out once a week. Please let us know if you need shipping expedited. About the add-ons:

Expansion deck includes 36 more worker bee job cards

The mini poster set includes 20 teaching images, measuring 5″ X 7″ that fit inside the game box

This game is an original creation by Girl Next Door Honey founder Hilary Kearney and was illustrated by Timothy Winchester. It has been played in classrooms all over San Diego County as part of Hilary's bee class for children. It is a great addition to classroom curriculum that helps to reinforce interesting bee facts and offers an opportunity to teach larger positive lessons like leadership, teamwork and problem solving. It's perfect for project based learning and developing the whole child. The Story of Bees helps children retain valuable lessons about bees through educational play.

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The Story of Bees Game - Girl Next Door Honey

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THIS ITEM WAS SUCCESSFULLY FUNDED BY OUR RECENT CROWD-FUND CAMPAIGN. CLICK HERE TO SEE IT. THE GAMES ARE NOW BACK IN STOCK! Enter the fascinating world of honey bees with this imaginative and educational game! Children will delight as they become part of a swarm in search of a new nesting site.

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"Few will be able to resist beekeeper Kearney's master class in beekeeping, a delightful mixture of how-to tips, popular science trivia, and interactive challenges... [A] spellbinding study of one of the world's most important insects, and one with appeal for kids as well as adults." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A unique contribution to the vast sea of books on bees and beekeeping, and super useful for beekeepers hoping to hone their queen-finding skills. A brilliant little book!" - Thomas D. Seeley, author of The Lives of Hives, Honeybee Democracy, and The Wisdom of the Hive

"Entertaining and educational. A great read for bee lovers and new-bees alike!" - Melissa Hayes, MinuteEarth

"What a trip! Delightfully written and technically accurate, Queenspotting peeks into the queen's domain. With fresh prose and charming stories from the field, Kearney leads you through the intricacies of hive life and royal behavior. But more than that, the book is just plain fun. I couldn't rest until I spotted every wily monarch!" - Rusty Burlew, HoneyBeeSuite.com

"Hilary Kearney writes lyrically, specifically, and succinctly, in a way that communicates her fascination and wonder while being factually accurate. Anyone interested in bees will enjoy this book." - Michael Bush, author of The Practical Beekeeper

"It is rare that a single book can appeal to such a variety of readers: curious non-beekeepers who will appreciate the good science writing and enjoy the puzzles; beginning beekeepers who want to increase their knowledge and queen-spotting skills; and experienced beekeepers will find their sense of wonder about bees rekindled and be able to congratulate themselves on having developed really good 'queen eyes.'"- Better Bee

At the Center of Every Beehive Is the Queen Bee

Though she rarely leaves the hive, the queen bee's days are marked by dramatic events, from battles for dominance in the virgin death match to aerial romance in a cloud of drones. Follow urban beekeeper and swarm catcher Hilary Kearney on a trip deep inside the golden, fragrant, buzzing hive for a vivid exploration of the queen bee's fascinating life and domain.

Take the Queenspotting Challenge. Can you find the Queen?

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QueenSpotting: Meet the Remarkable Queen Bee and Discover the Drama at the Heart of the Hive; Includes 48 Queenspotting Challenges

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A Place for Bees Native * Wild * Managed Bees are the wispy sprites that connect the plant kingdom to the animal kingdom; they are the ties that bind the natural world together. Because of bees, flowering plants grace our planet with beauty and food.

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Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society 1850

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Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society 1854

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He hoʻohālikelike i ka poʻe palaualelo me nā nalo meli kāne.

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ʻO nā kuleana, nā ʻano a me nā hana like ʻole o nā nalo meli ʻekolu- ka wahine, ke kāne, a me ka mōʻī.

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Ka pōkāmana

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Amazing Time-Lapse: Bees Hatch Before Your Eyes | National Geographic

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I have always been a storyteller. Even before I could write my name, I could tell a good tale. And I told them all the time. As a preschooler, I told my neighbors all about my three-legged cat named Spot. In kindergarten, I told my classmates about the ghost that lived in my attic. And in first grade I told my teacher, Miss Harbart, all about my family's trip to Paris, France.

I told such a good story that people always thought I was telling the truth. But I wasn't. I didn't have a three-legged cat or a ghost in my attic, and I'd certainly never been to Paris, France. I simply enjoyed telling a good story... and seeing my listener's reaction.

Sure, some people might have said I was a seven-year old fibber. But not my parents. Instead of calling my stories "fibs" they called them "imaginative." They encouraged me to put my stories down on paper. I did. And amazingly, once I began writing, I couldn't stop. I filled notebook after notebook with stories, poems, plays. I still have many of those notebooks. They're precious to me because they are a record of my writing life from elementary school on.

In second grade, I discovered a passion for language. I can still remember the day my teacher, Miss Johnson, held up a horn-shaped basket filled with papier-mache pumpkins and asked the class to repeat the word "cornucopia." I said it again and again, tasted the word on my lips. I tested it on my ears. That afternoon, I skipped all the way home from school chanting, "Cornucopia! Cornucopia!" From then on, I really began listening to words--to the sounds they made, and the way they were used, and how they made me feel. I longed to put them together in ways that were beautiful, and yet told a story.

As I grew, I continued to write stories. But I never really thought of becoming an author. Instead, I went to college where I discovered yet another passion--history. I didn't realize it then, but studying history is really just an extension of my love of stories. After all, some of the best stories are true ones -- tales of heroism and villainy made more incredible by the fact they really happened.

After graduation, I got married and had children. I read to them a lot, and that's when I discovered the joy and music of children's books. I simply couldn't get enough of them. With my two sons in tow, I made endless trips to the library. I read stacks of books. I found myself begging, "Just one more, pleeeeease!" while my boys begged for lights-out and sleep. Then it struck me. Why not write children's books? It seemed the perfect way to combine all the things I loved: stories, musical language, history, and reading. I couldn't wait to get started.

But writing children's books is harder than it looks. For three years I wrote story after story. I sent them to publisher after publisher. And I received rejection letter after rejection letter. Still, I didn't give up. I kept trying until finally one of my stories was pulled from the slush pile and turned into a book. My career as a children's author had begun.

For more information visit my website: www.candacefleming.com.

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Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera

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Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera [Fleming, Candace, Rohmann, Eric] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera

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The Hawaiian History of Honey Bees, from a Beekeeper’s Perspective

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The Hawaiian History of Honey Bees, from a Beekeeper’s Perspective