Sponsor-A-Hive Beekeeping Materials

Posted by Honeybee Conservancy on September 26, 2016

Honeybee Conservancy Invites Applications for Beekeeping Materials

The Honeybee Conservancy is inviting applications for in-kind grants designed to help nonprofit organizations or schools safely set up, maintain, and observe on-site bee sanctuaries in schools, community gardens, and green spaces across the United States.

Through its Sponsor-A-Hive program, the conservancy will award grants in the form of honey or solitary bees, their homes, beekeeping equipment, and information on how to care for the bees. Through the program, bees are strategically placed in locations where they can bolster bee populations, advance science and environmental education, and pollinate locally grown food.

The conservancy also will provide grant recipients with its Sponsor-A-Hive Teacher’s Kit, which includes lesson plans and worksheets for use in teaching students more about their bee home.

To be eligible, applicants must be located in the United States and be a nonprofit organization, grade school, middle school, or high school; college or university; tribal education agency; environmental center; or food bank or community garden that does not charge a membership fee. In addition, applicant organizations must have been in existence for at least a year.

See the Honeybee Conservancy website for complete program guidelines and application instructions.

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 11, 2016

http://thehoneybeeconservancy.org/sponsor-a-hive/