The Eternal Snack
Imagine finding a golden time capsule from 3,000 years ago that you could actually eat! That is exactly what happens with honey. Archaeologists have discovered pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are thousands of years old, and because honey is so special, it still tastes delicious today. Honey lasts forever because it is very acidic and contains almost no water. To make it, bees flap their wings super fast to evaporate the moisture from flower nectar until it becomes thick, sweet, and eternal. Learn more!
Wee Ones
Imagine you see 2 busy bees on a flower and 4 bees in a hive. Which group has fewer bees?
Little Kids
A pot of honey has been sitting in a tomb for 197 years. If it stays there for 3 more years, how many years old will it be?
Big Kids
Flower nectar starts out as 80% water, but bees turn it into honey which is only 18% water. How many percentage points of water must the bees remove to turn the nectar into honey?
The Sky's the Limit
In ancient Sumeria, honey was a very important medicine. It was an ingredient in about 30% of all their medical treatments. If a Sumerian doctor gave 200 treatments in total, and 30% of them used honey, how many treatments is that?