HABA Hanni Honigbiene Instrucciones página 12

End of the game
When the children have laid six honey tiles on the honeypot, they and Hanna Honeybee have
won! If too many wilted flowers have been eliminated and there are no longer six honey tiles
to lay on the honeypot, Hanna and the children unfortunately do not have enough nectar to
fill the honeypot. But keep trying; you will have better luck next time! Shall we play another
round?
About bees, for older children
Bees live in large families called swarms. There is a queen, male bees (called drones)
and worker bees with various jobs, such as guards, collectors and honeycomb
workers keeping house inside the hive. The collectors do not carry a bucket; they
collect the nectar in a honey sac, also called a honey stomach. Back at the hive, they
spit out the nectar and the hive bees absorb it in their honey stomachs and bring the
ripe honey to the honeycomb. The honey is food for the larvae (=bee babies) as well
as the winter provisions for the whole swarm.
A beekeeper can "harvest" the honey. He takes the honeycomb out of the hive,
removes the layer of wax and carefully spins out the honey, using a special machine.
And then anyone with a sweet tooth can have delightful bread and honey.
Bees and other insects are very important for farmers and wildflowers. Fruits trees,
grains and all other plants need bees to pollinate. When the bees take the nectar
from a blossom, they carry pollen (flower dust) from blossom to blossom. Fruits like
apples and strawberries, and grains like wheat all need bee pollen to produce their
frui ts.
More information can be found at
www.haba.de/spielzeug/haba-erleben
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