Teaching Tools

Looking to teach your classroom about the importance of bees?

Scroll on for downloadable bee-friendly resources to support your teaching.

Colouring-in sheets
From seed to sunflower; these hand illustrated colouring-in sheets, designed by Helen Jukes, provide an interactive way of learning about pollination.

Suitable for Primary

Download pages 1-4

Download pages 5-8

 

Toilet roll seedling pots
Put unwanted toilet roll holders to good use with this simple hands -on craft project that transforms them into seedling pots to grow sunflower or wildflower seeds.

Create a wildlife garden
From wildflowers to bug hotels and bird boxes, this activity sheet, illustrated by Helen Jukes, is designed to help you show your students what elements are needed to make a thriving nature space.

Suitable for Primary & Secondary

Download the activity sheet

Beatrice the honey bee
Join Beatrice the honey bee to find out how a colony communicates within the hive and how they produce honey. Narrated by Dr Luke Dixon.

Suitable for Primary

Classroom materials
Need more to support your teaching? We have a number of items available for purchase:

  • The Little Book of Pollinators
  • Wildflower seed packets
  • Puppet bees

Full details are available in our online shop but we do offer a reduced price to schools, when ordering in bulk.
Contact emma@beefriendlytrust.org for pricing options