The Flower and Garden Pavilion at the Sydney Royal Easter Show is vast, with many types of exhibitions, but only one of them is buzzing.
The Bee-Zeebo is an exhibit and demonstration space to help showgoers understand the inner workings of a beehive. The exhibit is intended as a provocation for potential new beekeepers.
This is why Daniel Martin from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) enjoys conducting beekeeping demonstrations in the pavilion said the Bee-Zeebo.
“It’s a caged environment with a beehive in it, and we can open that beehive up safely, and people can observe what’s in a beehive. Someone sits in there, might be myself or someone else here … sits in the Bee-Zeebo with a veil on and explains the make-up of a beehive and how it actually performs”, Martine explained.
The children want to engage and ask surprisingly profound and sticky questions.
“Probably most, I guess, sticky question that I’ve been asked is how does the male bee mate with the queen bee while she’s flying?”
For him, this just shows that young Easter Show-goers know the importance of bees. Their questions can range from the impact of the environment to the process of food pollination.
