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Here are some bee hotel examples and ideas. Use these designs to inspire the children's ideas and make them think about the style, decoration and materials that they need to make their own bee hotel.

Use the presentation to teach the children about what a bee hotel is, where you put a bee hotel and how to know if your bee hotel has guests. This will inspire the children when it comes to designing and making their own bee hotels.

Betsy and Blue have challenged the children to store their 20 buckets of nectar into 2 honeycombs. Find as many combinations as possible to complete this challenge.

Betsy and Blue have challenged the children to store their 10 buckets of nectar into 2 honeycombs. Find as many combinations as possible to complete this challenge.

The Bumbles of Honeywood bees bring pollen and nectar they collect from flowers to turn into honey. Betsy and Blue have challenged the children to store the nectar into the honeycombs in as many different ways as possible.

Bella Bumble is a kind, caring and enterprising little bee, she loves flying with her bee friends and collecting pollen from beautiful flowers. One day, she wakes up to find that her the bees in Honeywood hive, have been taken ill after drinking dirty water from the local river. Bella Bumble is full of energy and keen to find a fresh supply of good clean water for the bees in the hive. She flies off on her adventure and meets new friends along the way. Bella learns that partnerships and friendships are very important and that by working together you can achieve a lot more than working alone.

You will be given 4 clues to help you guess what you think the job could be. With your partner or in a small group can you guess what the job is?

You will be given 4 clues to help you guess what you think the job could be. Use this word mat to help reach a decision.