0:00:03 > 0:00:06Hello, adventurers! I'm Jess.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09It's time for a Minibeast Adventure!
0:00:10 > 0:00:12# Feelers out, what's about?
0:00:12 > 0:00:16# Creeping, sleeping under stones here and there
0:00:16 > 0:00:20# Nesting, resting Minibeasts are everywhere
0:00:20 > 0:00:22# Minibeasts are everywhere
0:00:22 > 0:00:24# Look and listen, stop and stare
0:00:24 > 0:00:26# Minibeasts are everywhere
0:00:26 > 0:00:28# A Minibeast Adventure!
0:00:28 > 0:00:30# Feelers out, what's about?
0:00:31 > 0:00:33# Minibeasts are everywhere
0:00:33 > 0:00:35# Look and listen, stop and stare
0:00:35 > 0:00:37# Mini worlds for us to share
0:00:37 > 0:00:40# A Minibeast Adventure! #
0:00:40 > 0:00:42With Jess!
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Welcome to my treehouse, I'm very excited about this.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Take a look at what I've got here.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50This is part of a beehive.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54A hive is where bees live and bring up their babies.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00People often talk about busy bees, and look, they really are busy.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Can you see the empty holes the bees have made?
0:01:04 > 0:01:06They're called cells.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09The bees fill them with nectar to make honey.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11These cells are full of honey
0:01:11 > 0:01:15and the bees put white wax over the top to close them up.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19And look at this bee down here.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23She is passing over the nectar she has collected to another bee.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Can you see her tongue?
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Bees live in big groups where every bee has its own job
0:01:31 > 0:01:35and each hive has one queen, which is the biggest bee.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42Here she is. The beekeeper has marked her with a yellow spot.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44It's the queen's job to lay eggs
0:01:44 > 0:01:47which will grow up into more honey bees.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50The eggs hatch into larvae.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Look! Here they are.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56And they are looked after and fed by nurse bees.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Can you see how some of the cells have lids on?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Inside, the larvae are changing into worker bees
0:02:04 > 0:02:08and the nurse bees look after them until they hatch.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15Every bee has a job and it's amazing to see them all at work, isn't it?
0:02:15 > 0:02:18The bees you'll normally see will be the worker bees
0:02:18 > 0:02:21flying from flower to flower, collecting nectar and pollen.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25There's sure to be a busy bee visiting flowers near you.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Shall we go and find one?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Come on!
0:02:36 > 0:02:41Whatever the weather, we're off together on a Minibeast Adventure!
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Hello, William! Hello, Nina!
0:02:47 > 0:02:51- Hi, Jess.- Hi, Jess. - Brilliant to see you.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- Today we're going on a bee adventure.- Yay!
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Where do you think we might find bees?
0:02:57 > 0:03:00In the trees and in the park
0:03:00 > 0:03:04and in the bushes and in the grass.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- And in their hives.- Come on, then!
0:03:07 > 0:03:12Feelers out, what's about? We're off on a Minibeast Adventure!
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- Jess.- Yeah?- There's a bee over there.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34- Is there?- Look, in that flower.- Wow! Yes, William, can you see it?- Yes.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39They're black and yellow and they eat honey from the trees
0:03:39 > 0:03:44- and the flowers...- They do! - ..and they've got antennae.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- They have got antennae, haven't they?- And they love flowers.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51They love flowers, they love to drink the flowers, don't they?
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- Feelers out, what's about? - Feelers out, what's about? Yeah!
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- And what noise does it make? - Buzz.- Buzz.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- They have wings.- They do have wings so they can fly.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05And they have a sting.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09They do have a sting, but do you think they always want to sting you?
0:04:09 > 0:04:12No, only if you upset them
0:04:12 > 0:04:16and if they sting you, they'll die.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18That's very true, did you know that, William?
0:04:18 > 0:04:23If a bee stings you, it will die so it doesn't want to sting you.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- Shall we see if we can find some more over there?- Yeah.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Come on, then!
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Look!
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- What's that?- An ant. - A bee!- It is a bee, isn't it?
0:04:43 > 0:04:47There's a different one over there, look.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51- Yeah.- Oh, yeah.- I see one more.- Two! - And that's a different type.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- I see another one! - What did that big one look like?
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- I see another one, Jess, look.- Oh!
0:04:57 > 0:05:00It's hiding in the leaf on the flower.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03What do you think it's doing in that flower?
0:05:03 > 0:05:07It's eating honey and it's hungry.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09It's very hungry, what's it eating?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- The honey of the flower?- Yeah.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16And what's this yellow stuff that it's got on its back?
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- Pollen.- Ah! It landed on the leaf. - It is pollen.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Wow! Look at that, there.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Can you see the yellow baskets of pollen on that bee's legs?
0:05:26 > 0:05:31- And he eats honey from the purple flowers.- Ooh! There it goes.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37Ooh! Did you see that? One just flew past my face.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42- And it flew over my nose.- Did it? - Yeah.- Did it tickle?
0:05:42 > 0:05:44No, it didn't tickle.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48How do you know when your tea's ready?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Perhaps your mum calls you.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55But a bee tells another bee where a tasty flower is
0:05:55 > 0:05:56by doing a waggle dance.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Imagine if your mum did that.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Bees are one of the most important insects
0:06:14 > 0:06:17so it's really important for us to look after them.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19One of the best things you can do
0:06:19 > 0:06:23is plant some flowers for them to eat. I've planted this
0:06:23 > 0:06:27- purple one here, would you like to help me plant some more?- Yeah.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- William, would you like to pick a flower there?- Yeah.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34- Nina, would you like to pick one? - Yeah.- Then we can plant them.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- Can you get it out of the pot? That's it, shall I help you?- Yeah.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Ooh, there you go, well done, and can you do yours?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Very good.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Now, William, if you can put yours right next to mine here
0:06:47 > 0:06:49and Nina, if you put yours here.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52We've got some little trowels for you to dig holes with.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- That's it, shall I help you?- Yeah.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Dig a little hole there so it can go in.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Very good.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Well, they look lovely.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Now, I've left this space here for something you might not have
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- thought of. This...- Rocks!- Rocks
0:07:18 > 0:07:23and the dish is for water because bees eat the flowers,
0:07:23 > 0:07:25but they also need something to drink.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- Water.- We'll put some water in there, can you do that for me?
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Excellent. And the rocks there are so that the bees can stand on them
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- and they don't drown. And would you like to water the flowers?- Yeah.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Well done. That's it, all of them, give them a nice drink.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45- And now...- What?
0:07:45 > 0:07:49..we just have to wait and see if any bees come to our garden.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Perhaps you can make a bee garden at home too
0:07:52 > 0:07:54and see if any bees come to you.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06I loved that Minibeast Adventure.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Oh, look at them, still working away.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12I need to take this back to the hive now
0:08:12 > 0:08:16so they can carry on with their work. But you don't need a hive
0:08:16 > 0:08:19to see bees, you can just look out around flowers.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Maybe you could even plant them some.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25And don't forget to give them a drink of water and remember,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28bees don't want to sting you, so just stand back
0:08:28 > 0:08:31and watch how amazing they are.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Feelers out, what's about? Happy hunting, adventurers!