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Australian Native Bee Education for Early Learning Centres, Schools and Community Groups.

Servicing Gold Coast Schools and Communities.

Native Bees in a Box is a Gold Coast based Social Enterprise dedicated to protecting and promoting native bees through education, conservation, and community connection. We offer engaging incursions for pre-schools, primary schools and community groups; along with bee hives, bee hotels, and educational resources to support learning and sustainability.

A group of children gathered around an elderly woman, examining a beehive box. The woman is wearing a bracelet and glasses, and holding a magnifying glass. The children are dressed in casual clothes, with some wearing headbands or antennas, and are closely observing the beehive, which is inside a white wooden box. The scene is indoors with large windows showing outdoor greenery.
Bees for Schools
Close-up of a beekeeper carefully scraping honeycomb from a wooden hive box with a metal tool. Bees are flying around the hive on a white surface with green foliage in the background.

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Helping the bees to help us.

We also provide hive splitting and rescue services, helping native bee populations thrive while supporting local ecosystems.

Our Services
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Schools & Education

Australia is a vast country and home to over 1,700 identified species of native bees—possibly as many as 2,000. Yet so many people I speak to have only ever heard of the European honeybee!

With a background in teaching, it became clear to me that the most meaningful way to change this was through early education. So, I set out to share the story of our incredible native bees with the next generation.

Native Bees in a Box offers fun, interactive, and informative incursions designed specifically for pre-schools and primary schools. These hands-on experiences spark curiosity, build understanding, and inspire children to care for our environment.

Also available are hives of native bees plus educational resources, to help schools create lasting connections with these important little pollinators

Find Out More
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Our incursions bring science to life as students experience the unique taste of native bee honey, discover how bees sense the world through their antennae, and take part in an interactive pollen hunt.

Schools

Your Questions, Answered

What’s all the BUZZ about?

  • The hives I have available are earmarked for the kindergartens and schools I work with. If you want to purchase a hive this link will take you to a list of native bee suppliers who may be able to help you.

    https://www.aussiebee.com.au/buy-stingless-bees.html

  • At the moment I am only servicing the Gold Coast.

    Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast may become a possibility in the future.

  • Currently I am focussing on early learning centres and primary schools. Please get in touch to tell me what you are looking for so I can consider this for the future.

  • For General Enquiries please contact here.

    For kindergarten/school enquiries please contact here.

  • A social enterprise is a business that puts people and planet first. It trades like any other business but exists specifically to make the world a better place. It has a mission which directly addresses a social, cultural and/or environmental need, reinvesting a substantial portion of its efforts and resources to support that mission.

  • To help me best understand the needs of your community group, please complete the general enquiries form via the link below. I’ll then be in touch to discuss how we can tailor an experience to suit your group and discuss the cost.

    Contact us

  • Yes you can. Please get in touch to discuss delivery costs.

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Let’s get started.

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