Esme (7) and Sadie (4) found a sick looking bee. We offered it a little water, but it did not want that. We tried to put a tiny bit of honey on a spoon and offered that. The bee ate loads and seemed much better afterwards.
We found out that a bee has a tongue called a proboscis that it uses to eat. You can see it poking out in our picture. They have antennae, head, thorax, abdomen, legs and stinger.
We found out that ‘bee’ is ‘pī’ in te reo Māori.
Polly Pekapeka (our Manu | Bird of the Year 2021)[...]
Lola says: "In November, we had an overnight camp with KCC at Wiritoa Lake. We had a fire and toasted marshmallows. There was a swing going over the lake as well as three other playground swings. Here I am wearing a wreath I made at camp."
Whanganui KCC members Calexico and Lola send in these pictures[...]
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