IMG_0128-2Have you ever wondered how early Americans found honey?  Did they just wander through the woods and hope to randomly stumble across a hive?  Did they act like the characters of “The Bee Tree” and chase a bee through town?

Nope – they used their knowledge of bee behavior and math to find the hive through triangulation.

Amazing, right!?!

The bee tree - triangulation

 

bee locating instructions

Found at the Old Country Store & Museum in Moultonborough NH

How to Find a Bee Tree
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2 thoughts on “How to Find a Bee Tree

  • September 10, 2014 at 8:37 PM
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    AWESOME!!!! my kids wanna do It too

  • September 11, 2014 at 4:04 PM
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    If it doesn’t come in a jar, a can, or a wrapping of cellophane, we’d all starve these days!

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