Bee-Watching Journal & Pollinator Count Log

A bee-watching journal and pollinator count log: watching code, quick ID, 10-minute counts, sightings log, flower tally and bar chart, bee hotel diary, seasonal pages, field sketches and a bee year calendar.

What’s inside:

- Welcome, contents and kit list

- The bee-watching code (with NHS sting basics)

- Is it a bee? Bee, wasp or hoverfly, and honey bee, bumblebee or solitary bee

- 10-minute bee count sheets (4 counts) and a “what did you notice?” page

- My sightings log

- Which flowers do bees like? Flower tally and bar chart

- Bee hotel diary

- My bee seasons

- Field sketches

- My bee year calendar

- Credits & licence page

Pages: 12 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both included as PDF.

Who it’s for: Ages 7+ · families · nature clubs · citizen-science beginners.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink.

Log pages can be reprinted as often as you need for your own family or group.

Every fact is checked against named sources (the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, USGS, the Xerces Society, FAO, the NHS, the IUCN, Wikipedia and others) and listed on the credits page. Images are public domain or CC0 (USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Natural Earth map data) or REALLYBYTE’s own artwork.

Licence: personal and single-classroom use. You may print as many copies as you need for your own family or your own class, and share it with your class through a password-protected platform. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For school-wide use, please email info@reallybyte.com.

Made by REALLYBYTE, the team behind bees.animals.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.com