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
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
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
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