Bee Kind to the Little Guys

Here you will find all the links mentioned in our Bee Kind to the Little Guys resource all about caring for the solitary bees of the UAE by building a ‘bee hotel’ written in partnership with the Expo School Programme.

Introduction

• How many flowering plants are pollinated by animals?

Honey bees

• Bee life cycle
• Worldwide honey bee distribution
• The Beekeepers Association (UAE)
• Sustainable City Dubai
• The story of the bees of Terra (YouTube)
• Dwarf honey bees (Apis florea)
• Olivers Bee Farm on Instagram
• The Beefairy Lady

Optional activity: Other pollinators

• Other pollinating animals on ZME Science

Let’s bee kind

• ‘My PET Project’ Roots & Shoots resource
• Make a Brilliant Bee Hotel from Scraps by saviourbees. Our recommended bee hotel made from bamboo and an old PET bottle. Accompanying video  on YouTube.
• Mason bee hotel by alois. Made from bamboo and discarded building materials.
• Make an Experimental Bee Hotel by saviourbees. Made from an old book, bamboo, a tetrapak and some old packaging.
• Rustic Bee Hotel by amtrudell: Made from scavenged wood scraps and featuring a water supply.
• ‘A Place to Live: Beena the Bee’ workshop by the Expo School Programme, Expo City Dubai.
• Journeys, workshops and events at the Expo School Programme.

Featured image: Xylocopa violacea (Carpenter Bee). Image by gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons