Fascinating honey bees

On April 23, JCDSRI celebrated Earth Day with a garden party by Whole Foods Market. Third grade students (left to right) Yishai, Lev, Jonah, Zosia and Elana, were mesmerized by the honey bees in an observation beehive with Celeste Nadworny. Everyone enjoyed making vegetable kebabs to nosh.

Did you know?

Honey bees are vital to many of the foods we eat. The list of crops that won’t grow without the honey bee is long: apples, cucumbers, broccoli, carrots. It goes on and on.

In 2006, beekeepers first noticed that the bees were abandoning hives in large numbers. Called Colony Collapse Disorder, researchers are now trying to learn about why this is happening. This is not the first time that beekeepers have noticed this problem. And the USDA has committed funds to study it. But a solution still has not been found.