Museum of Science, Boston

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Educator Resource Center in the Lyman Library

This exhibit presents a glassed-in beehive that allows visitors to observe bees in their natural setting. Watch as thousands of bees travel in and out of the colony and perform a variety of jobs, including collecting pollen, making wax, capping honey, and tending to the brood. Look for the queen bee and learn how she lays close to 2,000 eggs per day!

Museum staff and volunteers frequently give interpretations about the bees, discussing their life cycle and how they help pollinate the landscape. In the warmer months, visitors may be lucky enough to watch our beekeeper as he tends to the additional beehive located on the library's roof deck.

Visitors to the Messages exhibit can also watch the bees through the "Bee Cam," showcasing how bees communicate through their "bee dance."