Education
The Honeybee Education Program began when bee keeper Jennifer Bach received a message from her bees saying “If you want to help the Honeybees, teach children to love them.” This message inspired Bach to found the Honeybee Education Program, which has just received its Fourth year of funding from the Hawaii Island School Garden Network, East Hawaii Fund, Western SARE, and the Laura Jane Musser Fund. A Big Mahalo to our grant funders and volunteer support! We really coulldn’t have done without you.
This year our program is spreading out to the neighboring Islands (Maui, Oahu, and Kauai). Please check our calendar for updates when we are on your Island.
This years’ funding is focused on farm tours and schools garden presentations. We will be creating a model pollinator garden at Honoka’a Elementary this year!
Public awareness lectures are also offered to adult organized groups. The Honeybee Education Program is dedicated towards the preservation of our most important pollinator.
Take a look at our trip to Punahou School this fall to see what our education program is all about http://www.youtube.com/punavision#p/c/A760CF902F5FAA60/1/3TT9jkKnKLs
Outreach Presentations:
Meet a Bee Keeper Presentation: K-8 (45-50 minutes)
Outreach presentations are designed by grade level or class subject. A beekeeper-educator will visit a class to explain the fascinating world of honeybees through stories, pictures and activities. Students will look at a living colony through a glassed-in observation hive and taste hand harvested Hawaiian honey.
High School Beekeeping Elective
Bee Keeping Elective 9-12 : Offered to selected schools as a semester long elective. Students will learn natural bee keeping methods, harvest honey, work with hives, catch swarms and much more! Only offered at 2 schools per year. Teachers and Administration must coordinate with the Honeybee Education Program 6 months prier to elective start date.
Apiary (Bee Farm) Field Trip 
Apiary (Bee Farm) Field Trip
Have you ever wanted to see a bee farm? Students will have the opportunity to visit an Apiary, meet the beekeepers , and taste Hawaiian Honey. Some grades may be eligible to put on a bee suit and open a hive with a beekeeper!
An Apiary field trip is an experience that will bee remembered!