We want the legacy of Blume to live on in the next generation of kids...and bees! One very simple way to ensure both is with a concerted effort to educate children on the wonder and importance and beauty of the honey bee. Kids and Bees does just that!

HOW KIDS AND BEES STARTED

This program was developed by the "Bee Lady" Kim Lehman in the early 1990s. Kim is a storyteller, beekeeper, artist and brilliant educator. She was able to develop a curriculum that brought beekeeping and bee love across the country, many times over, during her nearly twenty years of facilitating the program.

In 2012, the Bee Lady transitioned the program to the "Bee Girl" Sarah Red-Laird. Sarah is the executive director of the Bee Girl organization which runs six programs focused on beekeeping education and honey bee conservation. Sarah's passion and enthusiasm for teaching kids about bees has helped the program grow to feature events for kids not only at the American Beekeeping Federation Conference & Tradeshow but also at the Western and Eastern Apicultural Societies' conferences. She is also working to develop a curriculum to share with beekeepers interested in teaching kids about bees and to create connections between bee education, sustainable agriculture and planting for pollinators.

Connect with Kids and Bees on Facebook and then tell us a story about kids connecting with bees that you observed of facilitated.