Local beekeepers and mentors Bernie Driggs and Kathy Hart visited kindergarten classes at Iron Mountain’s North Elementary School on Friday. The classes were educated on the basics of pollination and the importance of pollinators. “When I was a child, I got interested in bees and other insects. Even younger children can understand the basics and, importantly, not to be afraid,” Hart explained. Students were invited to take a close look at a hive of live bees in a glass-enclosed “observation hive,” to taste honey, and to pass around a honeycomb. (Submitted photos)