 MOWRY'S APPLE ORCHARD
In September all kindergarten classes went
on a field trip to MOWRY'S
APPLE ORCHARD in Crown Point. The Mowrys
taught us lots of things about apples and bees.
Some facts about apples:
- Apple trees need bees to pollinate their
flowers. The apple flowers turn into apples.
- Apples come in 3 different colors: red,
green and yellow.
- If you pull an apple off the tree, you
could take next year's apples. So you need to be careful and
twist the apple off when pushing up on it.
Some facts about bees:
- Bees have 5 eyes, 6 legs, 1 stinger, 2
antennas and 4 wings.
- When a bee stings you, the stinger will
stay in you and the bee will fall to the ground and die.
- A wasp can sting you a lot of times and
they can really hurt you.
- Bees go from flower to flower to collect
nectar. They take the nectar back to their hive where they make
their honey to eat all winter long.
- Beekeepers raise bees to collect honey
for people to eat. Since bees pollinate our fruit, sometimes
orchard owners will raise bees so that they have a good crop
of fruit each year.
- Beekeepers wear long sleeve and long legged
suits with heavy gloves when they collect the honey their bees
make.
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