Bee In Schools Program
Bees in Schools – High School Program 🐝🏫
Since 2020, our flagship Bees in Schools Program has been inspiring our next generation by giving high school students a hands-on experience working safely with live bee hives. Students gain practical skills in hive management, honey production, beeswax products, and pollination science, while exploring the vital role of bees in ecosystems and sustainable agribusiness.
Program Highlights:
Safely work in live bee hives under expert supervision
Learn about honey production, beeswax harvesting, and sustainable hive management
Explore agribusiness principles, including product creation and upsell opportunities
Integrate hands-on activities with STEM learning, including observation, measurement, and data recording
Understand how bees contribute to environmental stewardship and food production
Ideal for high school science classes, environmental studies, STEM initiatives, and extracurricular programs, this program provides an immersive, real-world learning experience that builds teamwork, responsibility, and ecological awareness, while exposing students to the commercial and entrepreneurial side of beekeeping.
👉 Join our Bees in Schools High School Program, running since 2020, and give students the opportunity to work with live bees, explore honey and beeswax production, gain practical STEM skills, and be inspired to care for the environment and understand agribusiness opportunities.
Email; hello@urbanbee.qld.edu.au to learn more
Pollinator Conservation through Environmental Education
Experience - The Team at Urban Bee Education has had over 15 years experience working in schools and designing tailored educational programs for learning diverse students. Talis, our Head of Educational Design spent many years leading the Diverse Learning unit at a large p-12 school in Brisbane. Steph, our Lead Educator, has been delivering our flagship Bees in Schools program for over 5 Years. Her passion for bees is second to none and continues to inspire the young and young at heart through her Brisbane Bee Education programs. Aly, our Bee Educator, runs her own successful regenerative honey label Norma May Honey, and is extremely knowledgeable in all things bees and pollinators.
Risk Assessments and Safety - Safety is paramount for Urban Bee Education, luckily Talis has a Masters Degree in Health and Safety. We can supply you with all necessary risk assessments your school or organisation may need.
Urban Bee Team Qualifications- Masters OHSE, Grad Dip Research, Diploma Disability, Diploma Community Service, Diploma WHS, Cert 4 Training and Assessing, Valid Blue Cards