The Boy and the Little Bee

Leo spends his mornings in the school garden in his green rubber boots and mustard-yellow t-shirt, tending the tomatoes and sunflowers. One day a tiny bee no bigger than a thumbnail buzzes near the flowers and surprises him by speaking. She explains that she is a mason bee, not a honeybee, and that she lives alone and is searching for a safe place to build her nest.

With his garden teacher, Leo learns that many solitary bees have trouble finding good nesting spots. They gather a wooden box and cut bamboo stems into short tubes, stacking them like small round rooms, and set up a bee hotel on a sunny post facing the flowers. Written by Aysel Banu YAVUZAL, this gentle tale about hive bees and solitary bees can be read on Masal İzle and suits early school years children curious about nature.