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Honey taste testing activity to learn about bees

March 16, 2016 by Katie Leave a Comment

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This honey taste testing activity was great fun for our whole family.

It arose when we did our bee unit study last spring and learned a bit honey, including how and why bees make it.

In a nutshell, the main food eaten by honey bees is nectar and pollen from flowers. However, bees in the larval stage eat honey. The worker bees in the hive collect nectar and convert it into honey that can be fed to the larvae (although the larvae chosen to become queens eat royal jelly rather than honey).

Not surprisingly, the flavor of the honey bees make will vary depending on the bees’ diet. So the particular flora in the area of the beehive will influence the taste of the honey that is produced.

We decided to set up a honey taste testing activity to see just how much the flavor of honey is influenced by the flora near a beehive, and also to determine which flavor we liked best.

Note: You’ll find more resources for learning about bees and other insects on my Insects Unit Study page.

The flavor of honey is greatly influenced by the flowers surrounding a bee hive. Try this honey taste testing activity to compare the taste of different honey varieties and learn a bit about bees in the process. || Gift of Curiosity

For this activity, I bought four different flavors of raw honey from our grocery store: avocado, pine, sage, and wild raspberry.

Right away we noticed color differences between the different flavors of honey, as the wild raspberry honey was much lighter in color than the other flavors.

The flavor of honey is greatly influenced by the flowers surrounding a bee hive. Try this honey taste testing activity to compare the taste of different honey varieties and learn a bit about bees in the process. || Gift of Curiosity

We used craft sticks to dip into the honey and pick up a bit to taste.

The flavor of honey is greatly influenced by the flowers surrounding a bee hive. Try this honey taste testing activity to compare the taste of different honey varieties and learn a bit about bees in the process. || Gift of Curiosity

We tried each flavor in turn.

The flavor of honey is greatly influenced by the flowers surrounding a bee hive. Try this honey taste testing activity to compare the taste of different honey varieties and learn a bit about bees in the process. || Gift of Curiosity

Yum! The kids LOVED this activity! We savored each taste and tried the flavors multiple times to compare them.

This was a great, Montessori-style sensory activity that really required the kids to focus on the sensations in their mouths.

The flavor of honey is greatly influenced by the flowers surrounding a bee hive. Try this honey taste testing activity to compare the taste of different honey varieties and learn a bit about bees in the process. || Gift of Curiosity

In the end, we all noted big differences in taste between the different honey flavors. We all liked the wild raspberry and most of us also liked the avocado. But the pine and sage honeys had strange flavors we were not fans of.

The flavor of honey is greatly influenced by the flowers surrounding a bee hive. Try this honey taste testing activity to compare the taste of different honey varieties and learn a bit about bees in the process. || Gift of Curiosity

What is your favorite honey flavor?

The flavor of honey is greatly influenced by the flowers surrounding a bee hive. Try this honey taste testing activity to compare the taste of different honey varieties and learn a bit about bees in the process. || Gift of Curiosity

More bee learning resources

More posts about bees and other insects from Gift of Curiosity:

  • Bee Do-a-Dot Printables
  • Bee Sudoku
  • Pattern block beehive
  • Insects Printables Pack
  • Insect learning activities
  • Insects grid games


You’ll find more resources for learning about bees and other insects on my Insects Unit Study page and my Insects and Other Bugs Pinterest board.

Follow Katie @ Gift of Curiosity’s board Unit Ideas: Insects & Bugs on Pinterest.

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