Among the many offerings in the Rockville Public Library’s children’s department’s summer programming are classes on basic coding, using colorful, fun toys in the shape of bees. Bee-Bots are ...

The Bee-Bots require the students to plan out a route, “write a program,” and then run their basic code.

Teacher Lisa Gray works with Amelia Dzierzynski on coding before programming a Bee-Bot during a STEAM camp Monday at Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in New Kensington.

When the bot goes underwater, compartments within the body take in water, allowing this robo-bee it to sink.