How to bee a bee keeper

Today we found out about beekeeping. Dani is our host at the moment while we are in Wales. She showed us the movable frames. They look like this.

They look like this when there full

This is what you need to build one.  The sheet is wax and made by a machine. You can buy them in bulk lots when you make the frames

This is Dani building a bee frame to put in her new hive. They have new Queen bees to put in there.

Here's a close look at the comb. The bees put the honey inside these and then cap it with wax.

Did you know that the full frame of honey weighs about 2.50 pounds. 2.50 pounds  in kilograms 1.13kg. The man who made them is called Mr Langstroth.

Mr Langstroth made the moveable frames in 1789, so that the bee farmers didn't have to kill the bees in winter.

With the moveable frames you can see the bees and collet the honey safely for the bees and you. 

This is a old bee hive that the farmers used.

This is the new hive for the farmers. The movable frames get put in little boxes the boxes act like homes for the bees. This is what the boxes look like (these boxes are home made)

Here are some facts about the different bees.

 The worker bee - The worker bee is first fed on royal jelly. It takes 21 days for the baby to grow and come out of its whole. then once the come out they get fed on pollen or honey for the rest of thier life. 

The drone bee - the drone bee is like the worker be with its first days. But it takes 23 days to grow and then come out of its whole. Then it's fed honey and Pollen for its life like the worker bee. 

The queen bee - the queen bee is fed on royal jelly for its whole life and takes 16 days to hatch and grow. The queen lays all the eggs for the hive. (There can be only one queen bee in a hive.)

I learnt lots about honey and bees today from Dani. Thank you Dani.

Samurai armour

Today we went to a massive museum in London called the British Museum.

We didn't get to see it all because its so big and got so much in it.  We had to choose two rooms to see. I wanted to se the Japanese Armour. and Samurai armour and some of his weapons. This is the Samurai armour.

If you look close you can see one of the a. 

This is his 3 bladed dagger. It's pulled apart so we can see it better.

Here are Some hand carved figures from Japan. Arnt they awesome. Look closely.

Madame Tussauds in London - Focus on Hawkeye Character

Today I went to Madame Tussaud's in London. It is a wax museum and really interesting.

It was very fun and quiet because it was not Summer and not holidays. Though there was still a lot of people. 

Our Merlin passes are good because we don't have to wait in line. So I can get out and blog about it. 

Today our mission was to chose a character and blog about it. My character is Hawkeye. Hawkeye is a Marvell super hero. He has a bow and lots of trick arrows. The arrows that he uses are thick arrows. I did some research on him and found that he was a circus acrobat when he was younger.   Did you know that he always wears purple? . Here are some photos from the day

London eye

Today we went on the London Eye it was awesome be course we could see how long way from the top. London Eye is one of the biggest Ferris wheel I've seen. Its the biggest ferris wheel in Europe.

Here are some photos.

A sight for sore eyes!

How to get in. It goes really slowly.

I'm at the top of the world yeah!

Science at Sutton hoo

Today we looked at materials for our science. We were at Sutton Hoo which has the Anglo Saxon remains in it. It was buried for over 1400 years. There were organic things and non organic things in the grave.

Organic items break down over the years but metal items like swords rust. Here is my sheet which I filled in.

I thought it was very easy.

Sutton hoo (digging up the ruins )

Today we went to Sutton hoo and learned how they dug up the ruins and remains of the king Readwald and his treasures.

The people who dig things up are called Archaeologist. Mum wanted to be an archeologist when she was a little girl and grew up.  The man leader of the dig group is called Basil Brown.  Basil Brown and his team of specialists got told that there was something under the mounds by Miss Edith Pretty. Edith Pretty was the owner of the land at the time and gave them permission to dig there.

They found what they think was king Readwalds grave. We did a little course on how to be an archeologist. It was very helpful to know all the facts because I know that I'll need to have that experience later on. I don't think I'd like to dig up old dead people though.

Sutton hoo and King Readwald

Today we went to Sutton Hoo. Sutton Hoo is a place where we think the Anglo-Saxons buried a famous king called King Readwald.  He died at 625 ad.

King Readwald is important because he made the Anglo-Saxons come together as a country called England. He took place in many battles and he succeeded in his mission.

Did you know that the archeologies think he was buried in his coffin in a small ship - which hd to be dragged for miles from the sea up the hills to where it was found.

 He had his treasures all around him. The mound was 22m high and was made by hand. Alot of work