How would you introduce a young person to beekeeping

solargain

Ideas for introducing a young person to beekeeping

brianmc

How young and are you talking about trying to introduce them to getting involved with bees that are already there or get them interested from not having bees at all to having bees?

Beekeeping summer school beginners course at Gormanstown? I know it's mainly adults on the course but I think a smart 10 to 12 year old or there about would love it. Particularly if they could do the course alongside an adult beginner.

solargain

How about 12- 16 year old for a start , what makes it interesting for them

The Diabolical Monocle

Tell him his father is a bee keeper.
And his fathers father was a bee keeper.
And he should follow in their footsteps.
And their footsteps were like this .... Ahhhh I'm covered in beeees.

solargain

What teenager ever did what they were told?

Oldtree

maby show them a few different dead bees/wasps under a microscope and ask them to draw the bits and then discuss the bits with them, what a bee does, trying to entice their interest. but finish up before they get bored.

Reesy

Well, I did a lecture on bees in warfare at the Beekeeping summer school last year - and because it was all blood & guts it went down very well with the teenagers in the audience!

I've also found that inspecting bees in a bee suit gives younger people quite a thrill too.

Oh yeah, and there's always the topics of pollination & mating. As a teenger I was obsessed with sex!