Thematic topics offer tremendous potential for science learning in the early grades and beyond. One second-grade class explored honeybees, a subject their teacher found both fascinating and easy to connect to a number of learning standards and science concepts. Her unit, "Honeybees and Apple Trees: A Close Look at Nature's Balancing Act," explored the relationship between honeybees and fruit trees and covered life cycles, bee and plant anatomy, and the seasons. Because the theme was continued throughout the year, the children could truly understand the relationship between fall harvest and spring pollination. In this article, the authors provide the highlights of the teaching activities, month-by-month. (Contains 3 figures, 2 resources and 3 online resource.)