Bee School by Beechworth Honey
Interactive and educational experiences for schools and groups. Take the journey from hive to jar!
Discover the incredible role bees play within our world, and learn about creating a sustainable future for all. Learn about the importance of bees, honey, and biodiversity at the home of Beechworth Honey.
Leave Bee School with a better understanding of the natural environment that sustains us. We provide access to enriching learning materials that are engaging, accessible, and inclusive for all ages.
Our education sessions are designed and delivered by teachers and are aligned with the Australian and Victorian Curriculum.
Learn, Investigate & Discover
Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of bees! Study a bee and its importance from every angle. From play based sessions, investigative and self discovery sessions you will be sure to leave Bee School with a rich understanding of the important role bees play in our everyday lives.
Knowledge for the Future
Leave Bee School armed with new knowledge and a love and respect for bees as well as a strong passion for nature. Explore skills required to safeguard bees and protect our beautiful planet.
More than Honey!
Of course we taste some honey, but you leave knowing the work of bees is far more important than honey! Understand how bees collect the range of flavours, textures and colours naturally occurring in 100% Australian Honey to sustain their hive. Learn about the trees and plants that bees feed on. Welcome to the amazing work of honeybees!
Bee School Classes
Hive Alive
Early Years – Level 2
Students will learn about the workings of a beehive through a 60 minute interactive, play-based session! Explore the different roles within a beehive.
Take on the role of a queen bee, guard, cleaner, wax producer, or forager bee! An understanding of how a bee hive works and how bees make honey fascinates early learners.
BUZZ!
Level 3 – Level 6
Discover the invaluable role of the honey bee! A fun and interactive 60-minute learning experience that explores the workings of a beehive, pollination, honey production and more!
Learn about the need to care for bees consolidated by an emerging understanding of the impact bees have on our environment through engaging and hands-on learning activities.
Pollinator Power
Level 7 – Level 10
Discover how bees are vital pollinators and the role they play in food security within the wider Australian agricultural industry. Explore complex themes that surround the bee industry today.
You’re encouraged to think critically about how our agricultural industry is directly affected by honeybees by exploring food security, where honey is produced and pollination.
Bespoke Classes
Level 10 – University
Join us for a specially curated exploration of all things bees! Designed for students from Level 10 through to university, our bespoke classes are curated based on students’ areas of interest.
We welcome students with a desire to learn more about sustainability, biosecurity, food security, beekeeping, or entomology to come and experience the wonderful world of honey bees.
CONTACT
Bee School by Beechworth Honey
Contact
T: 02 6033 2322
E: groups@beechworthhoney.com.au
Contact a member of our Bee School team to organise a bespoke groups session or for general enquiries.
Hours
Our office hours are Tuesday to Thursday 9.00am until 5.00pm AEST.
If you email or call us outside business hours, we will contact you the next working day.
Location
87 Ford Street, Beechworth VIC 3747Located in the heart of Beechworth in our dedicated space for learning and education experiences.
The Centre for Bee Education is a national learning hub for science-based information about bees and other pollinators. The online Centre provides teachers and students with a wealth of learning resources and tools on the important role bees and other pollinators play in the environment and food production systems.
A collaboration with Wheen Bee Foundation and Bee School by Beechworth Honey.
Bee Education Resources
Download free student resources and fact sheets about bees and pollination. Learn ways to support bees using informative and engaging fact sheets providing science-based information.