Honey by the Numbers

An educational toy & curiosity portal

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Goal

Create an educational toy that teaches farmers market customers about bees and honey.

I wanted to create something that would live at the farmers market where I work, selling honey for a farm in upstate New York. I get a lot of questions from customers about how the honey is made, how many bees are at the farm, and how long it takes to make the honey. I created Honey by the Numbers to answer some of these questions. I also wanted it to act as a way for people to reflect on how much work goes into getting this jar of honey all the way from the flowers to the market in Downtown Brooklyn. I did some research and learned some really interesting facts, and then had the idea to create a toy that invited people to guess the missing number, and then pull a tab to learn the answer.

My stand at the farmers market