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cvirtue
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 Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject: Curious George and bees |
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Watched the Public Broadcasting animated show (daily) yesterday with my kids -- Curious George (a chimpanzee) learned about beekeeping, and tried to save a wild beehive. Pretty well done, except the wild hive he tried to save was shaped like a wasp nest, hanging from a branch by a stalk, not a real wild beehive. *sigh*
But otherwise was a good show, and if you are trying to educate youngsters, it wouldn't be a bad start. |
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biobee
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject: Re: Curious George and bees |
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| cvirtue wrote: | the wild hive he tried to save was shaped like a wasp nest, hanging from a branch by a stalk, not a real wild beehive. *sigh*
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Why do they always do that in children's books? It is really annoying that illustrators can't be bothered to get their facts right, even for children. No wonder they grow up not being able to tell a wasp from a bee from a hoverfly!
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cvirtue
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:16 am Post subject: |
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I don't know, I surely don't.
Some books get it right -- the old Pooh books show him with his arm in a hole in a hollow tree going after honey.
What do they teach them at these schools?
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Shapleigh's Bees
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It's no wonder people think wasp's nests are bees. Only Pooh Bear got it right. "You never can tell with bees."
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