Find out about honey bees and engage with a range of materials and resources.
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Bring the fascinating world of honey bees to life with an engaging and interactive guest speaking experience designed to spark curiosity, inspire learning and expand the minds of inquisitive audiences.
Through enthusiastic presentations, demonstrations and hands-on experiences, audiences can discover the remarkable world of honey bees and gain a deeper appreciation of their role in our environment.
Through enthusiastic presentations, demonstrations and hands-on experiences, audiences can discover the remarkable world of honey bees and gain a deeper appreciation of their role in our environment.
Depending on the event, presentation or group, audiences may have the opportunity to:
These experiences make honey bee learning memorable, practical and fun, while encouraging audiences to look more closely at the natural world around them.
Guest speaking sessions can be shaped around your audience interests and may include:
Honey tasting is included.
- See a bee wing under a microscope.
- Explore real honey bee materials and equipment.
- Discover fascinating facts about honey bees and life inside the hive.
- Learn about beeswax and see how it can be transformed into a candle.
- Taste pure honey.
- Ask questions and share observations and ideas.
These experiences make honey bee learning memorable, practical and fun, while encouraging audiences to look more closely at the natural world around them.
Guest speaking sessions can be shaped around your audience interests and may include:
- Bee Basics – Discover the life of honey bees, their behaviour and the fascinating world of the hive.
- Responsible Bee-Caring – Learn what is involved in keeping honey bees and caring for a hive responsibly. Explore practical ways we can value, protect and care for bees.
- Honey Bees & the Environment – Discover the important relationships between bees, plants, people and our environment.
- Native Bees – Learn about Australia's diverse native bees and how they differ from honey bees.
- Super-organisms - Explore the remarkable ways honey bees communicate, work and survive together.
- Pollination - What is it and how does it work, dissecting flowers, the role of pollinators (not just bees).
- Benefits of bees to humans (beyond honey)
- Honeybee lifecycle and anatomy.
- History of beekeeping - mythology, culture, art.
- Hands-on bee fun - make fun beelike things - make candles, bee craft, active challenges.
- Varroa and other bee pests and diseases.
Honey tasting is included.
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* Community Groups free
* $5 per person for an optional take home activity
- $50 for 30 minutes
- $100 for 1 hour
- $150 for 30 minutes (POA for over 20km from Wyndham Vale 3024)
- $250 for 1 hour (POA for over 20km from Wyndham Vale 3024)
* Community Groups free
* $5 per person for an optional take home activity