Beatrice

This is a book about Beatrice, a bee on Tocal, she is part of a team that includes bees and people. When all the members of a team work together, and do their part, amazing things can happen! Through Beatrice's story, young readers discover how honey is produced and gain an understanding of the important role bees play in agriculture and the environment.

This new book joins our children's book series sharing information about Australian food production on Tocal. In Beatrice children will learn about working as a team as well as about how a bee colony operates and the role of the beekeeper in making sure they have everything they need to produce beautiful fresh honey.

Who this book is for

• Primary school students
• Early childhood educators
• Families interested in nature
• Teachers delivering food and fibre education
• School libraries
  

What you'll learn

• How a bee colony works, collecting nectar and pollen and making honey
  
• How bees do the waggle dance
• The role of beekeepers
• Teamwork and responsibility
• Australian food production systems

About this series

Beatrice is one of a series of stories aimed at developing agricultural understanding in young students, as well as an appreciation of the work involved in producing food and fibre on Australian farms. The titles in this series are Barbara, Beatrice, Bosley and Bruce, Charlotte, Freda, Jack and Dunedoo and Sunny and Ruby. You can buy the whole series here.

Check out the activities designed to go along with these stories, created by the NSW Department of Primary Industries Schools program! They will help you get the most benefit out of the stories. Find them at www.dpi.nsw.gov.au. These books and related educational activities were shortlisted in the 2020 Educational Publishing Awards Australia.

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