Bee Education - Interactive Hands On Activities

Education Incursion Interactive Hands On Activities

Hybrid Solitary Bee Hotels 🐝🏡

Our Hybrid Solitary Bee Hotels give schools and early learning centres a hands-on way to
support Australian native bees while exploring STEM in action. These innovative bee hotels
provide safe nesting habitats for a variety of native solitary bees, including blue-banded bees,
resin bees, fire-tail resin bees, and leaf-cutter bees.

Why students love them:

  • Tailored nesting materials: A clay and sand mix for blue-banded bees, plus tubes for tube-loving species

  • Hands-on learning: Build and install bee hotels, observe bee behaviour, and explore pollination

  • STEM & curriculum links: Activities support science, design & technologies, and sustainability in the Australian Curriculum

  • Conservation in action: Students contribute to creating real habitat for native pollinators

By using Hybrid Solitary Bee Hotels, schools can engage students with real-world STEM, conservation, and Australian native bees, all while having fun and making a positive impact on local ecosystems.

👉 Book a workshop today and let your students explore, build, and care for native bee habitats!

Hybrid Native bee hotel
Beeswax lip balms hands on learning

Beeswax Lip Balm Activity 🐝💄

As part of our bee education incursions, students get hands-on with beeswax lip balm making while learning how bees produce beeswax and the many ways it can be used. Perfect for schools, early learning centres, and group programs, this activity combines STEM learning, creativity, and environmental education.

This activity links directly to the Australian Curriculum, supporting STEM, design & technologies, and sustainability learning outcomes, while giving students a fun, hands-on experience with real bee products.

What students learn and do:

  • Explore how bees make beeswax and why it’s important for the hive

  • Discover practical uses of beeswax in candles, cosmetics, and crafts

👉 Include the Beeswax Lip Balm Activity in your incursion and let students learn, create, and explore the world of bees and beeswax!

Pollinator Friendly Seed Balls 🌸🐝

As part of our bee education incursions, students get hands-on with making seed balls to support Australian native bees. This engaging activity teaches children about native bee habitats, plant life cycles, and how flowers help all pollinators thrive.

What students learn and do:

  • Discover how flowers support Australian native bees and their ecosystems

  • Make seed balls using flower seeds, clay, and coco peat

  • Learn about planting, germination, and creating pollinator-friendly habitats

  • Connect hands-on activities to STEM concepts like measurement, materials, and sustainability

This activity links directly to the Australian Curriculum, supporting science, design & technologies, and sustainability outcomes, while encouraging students to take action to support native bees in their school or local environment.

👉 Include the Australian Native Bee Seed Ball Activity in your incursion and let students learn, create, and help native bees thrive!

Pollinator seed balls hands on learning
Beeswax candel rolling hands on activities

Beeswax Candle Rolling 🕯️🐝

Bring the magic of bees to life with our Beeswax Candle Rolling activity! Part of our bee education incursions, this hands-on workshop lets students explore beeswax, its properties, and practical uses while creating their very own candle. Perfect for schools, early learning centres, and group programs, it combines STEM learning, creativity, and environmental awareness.

What students learn and do:

  • Explore how bees produce beeswax and why it’s important in the hive

  • Roll sheets of pure beeswax to make individual candles

  • Discover practical uses of beeswax in candles, cosmetics, and crafts

This activity links directly to the Australian Curriculum, supporting STEM learning, design & technologies, and sustainability outcomes, while providing a fun, hands-on, and memorable experience with real bee products.

👉 Add the Beeswax Candle Rolling Activity to your incursion and let students learn, create, and explore the amazing world of bees and beeswax!

Mini Solitary Bee Hotels 🐝🏡

Give students a hands-on experience in supporting Australian native solitary bees with our Mini Solitary Bee Hotels! Part of our bee education incursions, this activity teaches children about bee habitats, pollination, and biodiversity while letting them build their own miniature bee homes.

What students learn and do:

  • Discover how solitary bees nest and their role in pollination

  • Build mini bee hotels using natural materials tailored for tube-loving species like resin bees, leaf-cutter bees, and fire-tail resin bees

👉 Include the Mini Solitary Bee Hotels activity in your incursion and let students create habitats and learn about native bees firsthand!

Mini solitary bee hotel hands on learning

The STEM Discovery Table 🐝🔬🌱

Our STEM Discovery Table is designed for schools and early learning centres, giving students the chance to connect classroom learning with the real world of bees and pollinators.

Students can:

  • Use a microscope to study bees, pollen grains, and the varroa mite

  • Test honey with a refractometer to measure moisture content

  • Observe live Australian native bees in a safe hive

  • Taste honey and compare flavours

  • Build bee hotels for solitary bees, roll beeswax candles, and make seed balls (optional activities at additional cost)

The Discovery Table links directly to the Australian Curriculum, supporting outcomes in:

  • Science: biological sciences, life cycles, ecosystems, classification, sustainability

  • Mathematics: measurement, data collection, comparing results

  • Design & Technologies: creating bee hotels, applying sustainable design

  • Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF): exploring the natural world, sensory learning, building curiosity

👉 Book the STEM Discovery Table for your school or centre and give your students a hands-on experience that’s curriculum-aligned, engaging, and unforgettable.

Varroa Mite under a microscope

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

  • Park Ridge SHS

    An annual 2 day event where we run multiple bee education sessions to hundreds of year 7 students as part of their curriculum.

  • Notre Dame College

    The Students from Notre Dame College got hands learning about our Australian Native Bees and made some Solitary Native Bee Hotels

  • Woogaroo Creek State School

    Bee Education and classroom incursions for the students at Woogaroo Creek State School. Studetns enjoyed tasting fresh honeycomb

  • Good Samaritan Catholic College

    The Students from Good Samaritan Catholic College got hands learning about our Australian Native Bees and made some Solitary Native Bee Hotels