{"id":69830,"date":"2020-07-17T04:55:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T18:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=69830"},"modified":"2020-07-09T10:24:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T00:24:00","slug":"botanically-curious-kids-busy-with-bee-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/botanically-curious-kids-busy-with-bee-kits\/","title":{"rendered":"Botanically curious kids busy with bee kits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE team behind Ballarat BotaniKIDS are encouraging inquisitive little learners to engage with the wildlife in their backyards, being a friend to bees.<\/p>\n<p>Free Bee Kind Bee Friendly Kits have been bundled these school holidays, to get children thinking about science and the environment at home, while they can\u2019t attend BotaniKIDS education sessions at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens\u2019 Gatekeepers Cottage.<\/p>\n<p>BotaniKIDS convenor, Julie Bradby said the bags are funded by sales from the Friends of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens\u2019 nursery, and include easy and accessible activities children can approach at any learning level, whether they\u2019re three or a 12-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe packs are all about being friendly to bees, with bee-friendly seeds to plant. There\u2019s a little flowerpot and some soil where they just add water and it expands,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a little yellow stone in there that they can create a little bee paperweight with, Beechworth Honey have donated sachets of honey, and we\u2019ve got a little packet of sweets as a treat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s an activity book with imaginative things they can do. Specifically creating a bee hotel is one I\u2019d love them to do, where they can make a big one in the garden, or a little one in a flower pot, allowing the bees to have a place to hide in the winter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Bradby said it\u2019s important for kids to understand the valuable role bees have in the natural spaces they live and play in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bee population is drastically dropping off. They pollinate 70 per cent of our plants, and if we didn\u2019t have bees, we wouldn\u2019t have food,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of gardens don\u2019t have bee-attracting flowers in their gardens, they have closed plants where the bees can\u2019t get into the actual flower. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve put seeds in the kits, and a list of plants for bees in the activity book.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some kits were left over from last week\u2019s distribution days. If you\u2019re interested in one for a child in your life, send BotaniKIDS a message via their Facebook page, <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/ballaratbotaniKIDS\"><strong>facebook.com\/ballaratbotaniKIDS<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Expecting the COVID climate to be the \u201cnew normal for a while,\u201d BotaniKIDS will create more of this style of take-home kits in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thinking we\u2019ll do a series&#8230; ponds and puddles, frogs, and worms. 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