BcsBees

Arbabaugh/Brown 5/6 Science Literacy teachers and students who are passionate about the awareness of the potentially extinct bees!

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Come to our 2018/2019 conferences to buy and support the bees!

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Go check out our youtube @BCSBEES!! We uploaded a new video!! Like and Subscribe

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Go check out our instagram @bcsbees2018 and go to our website at https://t.co/KEC9oAKlDE to learn more about the bees!

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Follow us on Instagram @bcsbees2018

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Follow us on Instagram to see more about the hard working BCSbees!

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Please support the BcsBees during parent/teacher conference, by donating or buying some of our items. Come early or we will sell out!

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Please come around to BCS for Parent/Teacher conferences. We are selling different items and giving out brochures.

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

A honey bee visits 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip.
#beefact

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

It takes one ounce of honey to fuel a bee's flight around the world.
#beefact

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Honey bees have 170 odorant receptors, compared with only 62 in fruit flies and 79 in mosquitoes.
#beefact

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Honey is the only food that contains "pinocembrin", an antioxidant associated with improved brain functioning.

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Honey is the only food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life, including enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and water.

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Bees are the only insect in the world that produces food eaten by man.
#BeeWorld

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Honey bees are scientifically also known as Apis mellifera, which mean "honey-carrying bee".
#Beefact

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

The honey bee has been around for millions of years.
#FunFactFriday

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Bees specialize in one plant. In areas where different flowers bloom at the same time, this keeps different bees from fighting for plants.

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Flowers that attract bees are usually yellow, blue, or purple.
#beefact

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Bees suck up the nectar of a crop and store it in their throats until they get back to the hive, where it is turned into honey.
#beefact

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Newly hatched bees do clean-up work around the hive.
#beefact

[BcsBees @bcsbees]

Bees can be as long as 1.6 inches or a paperclip.
#Beefact