Want to know more about David Graves and his Rooftop Honey?
Click below for his store in Maine called Berkshire Berries. His website is filled with more stories about him, recipes and a catalog for ordering a jar of Rooftop Honey.

Click on a bee to go to the website

How many flowers must honey bees tap to make one pound of honey? How far does a hive of bees fly to bring you one pound of honey?

The Honey Board has a web page just for kids with the answers to these questions along with recipes and the story of how honey is made.

Do you want to know how to collect honey from the honeycomb without getting stung by bees?

COOL BUG STUFF. COM is a website if filled with information about all kinds of insects.  Click here to send your friend a buggy E-card.

Hungry? Try this recipe for Honey Granola Squares
from the National Honey Board.

Honey Granola Squares
Makes 9 servings –

Ingredients
3 cups low-fat granola
3/4 cup dried fruit (apples, apricots, cherries, cranberries or pears), finely chopped
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup vegetable oil
¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
3 egg whites, lightly beaten

Directions
In a large bowl, mix granola and dried fruit together. Next, put honey, oil and vanilla in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat, stirring until honey is dissolved. Pour honey mixture over granola and mix until thoroughly coated. Pour egg whites over granola mixture and mix well. Pack mixture firmly into an 8-inch square nonstick baking pan. Bake at 325°F for 40 minutes or until a deep golden brown. Place pan on a cooling rack; cool completely before cutting into squares, approximately 2-1/2-inches each.

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Lesson Plan

In this lesson produced by the National Honey Board, students learn how honeybees construct their hive, and how they communicate with each other. Students study the "Get the Buzz on Honey Bees" classroom map to practice using a scale to measure the distance between two locations.