the birds and the bees
the biological facts about making babies
TRANSLATION
die Bienen und die Blumen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Finding it difficult to raise the subject of THE BIRDS AND THE BEES with your children? The Family Planning Association is launching a new guide to help parents who blush at the thought of bringing up the subject"
(BBC News - Aug 2nd 1998)
(BBC News - Aug 2nd 1998)
Did you
know?
Did you know?
the birds and the bees
the biological facts about love, reproduction, and birth
Origin
Where exactly "the birds and the bees" originated nobody knows, it may have been inspired by words like these from the poet Samuel Coleridge:
"All nature seems at work ...
The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing ...
and I the while, the sole unbusy thing,
not honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing."
Schools in years past taught about s e x by "telling how birds do it and how bees do it" and trusting that the youngsters would get the message by indirection.
Luckily for the continuation of the species, there's always been little Johnny in the schoolyard to explain how things really worked :)
the birds and the bees
the biological facts about love, reproduction, and birth
Origin
Where exactly "the birds and the bees" originated nobody knows, it may have been inspired by words like these from the poet Samuel Coleridge:
"All nature seems at work ...
The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing ...
and I the while, the sole unbusy thing,
not honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing."
Schools in years past taught about s e x by "telling how birds do it and how bees do it" and trusting that the youngsters would get the message by indirection.
Luckily for the continuation of the species, there's always been little Johnny in the schoolyard to explain how things really worked :)
