Messines Bee Farm

30/10/2026

We just love hanging out with those inquisitive kindy kids!

25/10/2026

Chapter 14: Our Hive Is Buzzing! 🐝🍯

WOW! Have our bees been busy!

It's time for another Adopt a Hive update, and Tony is back at the apiary checking in on the Mullaloo Beach Primary School hive.

And what an incredible transformation!

Their colony has tripled in size, we've had to add another box to give the growing colony more room, and just LOOK at all that beautiful honey! 🍯🐝

This is what makes the Adopt a Hive journey so special. Students get to follow their adopted working hive as it grows and changes throughout the seasons, discovering something new with every update.

And now we're getting ready for one of the most exciting parts of the journey…

🎉 Our Harvest Celebration is coming!

We can't wait to celebrate the harvest season with the students and share in the excitement of this special time of year.

Educate. Inspire. Connect. Change. 💛

21/10/2026

15/10/2026

Let's celebrate all those wonderful P&C committees! Making a difference at their schools!
Students learning outcomes are improved because you decided to take time and be involved.
Thank you for supporting our incursions - we see you!

13/10/2026

We are having so much fun, sharing our love of all things bees with Mullaloo Beach Primary School!

We are getting closer to our harvest celebration! And I am so excited!

Follow our learning journey together

07/10/2026

📖 Chapter 13: Straight From Their Hive 🍯🐝

This is what makes the Adopt a Hive journey so special.
The students had the chance to explore fresh honeycomb straight from the very hive they’ve been following throughout the year. 🍯

Touching, tasting and investigating the honeycomb opened up another whole area of learning, as students explored the products bees make, where our food comes from and what we can create and do with these products.

It’s a beautiful hands-on connection to Design & Technologies: Food and Fibre Production, and another example of just how far the learning can extend from one hive.

From following their bees to experiencing something those bees have actually produced. 💛

Educate. Inspire. Connect. Change.

30/09/2026

🐝 Teacher Resource Idea: Take the learning outside!

A Habitat Walk is such a simple way to get students looking more closely at the environment around them.

What can they find? 🌿
Where might insects find food, water and shelter?
What is flowering?
Where could a bee make its home?

It’s a great opportunity to build observation skills, ask questions and make connections between habitats, insects and the environment right outside the classroom.

Our Habitat Walk is one of the teacher resources included in Adopt a Hive, helping the learning continue well beyond the initial experience.

Sometimes the best classroom is just outside the classroom door. 🐝🌱

25/09/2026

Chapter 12: Our Habitat Audit 🐝💧

The learning continues on our Adopt a Hive journey!

After completing a habitat audit around their school, students looked closely at what their environment was providing for insects and pollinators.
They discovered something was missing… safe water sources. 💧

So they decided to do something about it!
The students got to work creating bee water sources, providing safe places for bees and other insects to stop for a drink.

This is what I love about where the Adopt a Hive journey can lead. Students are observing their environment, identifying a need and taking practical action to make a difference.

And that’s what we’re all about.
Educate. Inspire. Connect. Change. 🐝💛