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Explore pollinator programs for schools, beekeepers, donors and communities. Choose a grant, bring bees into a classroom or support habitat and hive care.

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Which Pollinator Programs Fit Your Goals?

A teacher planning a lesson and a beekeeper who wants to present it have different next steps. Start with what you want to do, then follow the link for that program.

Bring Bee Education to Your Community

Explore beekeeper-led learning for schools and community groups, including close-up observation hive experiences.

Explore Bee Education

Apply for a Grant

Find the right application for a school or community pollinator garden, or for a beekeeper supporting education.

Find the Right Grant

Explore a Corporate Partnership

Help fund local pollinator education, habitat initiatives, or a tailored company-supported program.

Explore Partnership Options

For Individuals, Families, and Supporters

Which Pollinator Programs Can I Support?

Each program has its own donation form. Choose a suggested amount or enter your own, then give once or choose recurring support.

Managed honey bee hives

Adopt A Hive

Support responsible hive care, pollinator habitat, and bee education. Give more than $200 to name your adopted hive and receive a personalized certificate of adoption, for yourself or as a gift.

Support Adopt A Hive
Queen bee surrounded by worker bees

Adopt A Queen

Support queen health, responsible colony care, and pollinator education. This symbolic adoption helps support the work, without transferring ownership of a queen or hive.

Support Adopt A Queen
Bumblebee on a flower

Bumblebee Restoration

Help support native bumblebee habitat, nesting resources, and education about these important pollinators.

Support Bumblebees
Mason bee on a leaf

Mason Bee Program

Help support native solitary bees through suitable nesting habitat, responsible care, and pollinator education.

Support Mason Bees

Prefer to support our broader mission? Make a general donation.

For Schools and Community Groups

Pollinator Programs for Schools and Community Groups

Student learning from an observation hive

Observation Hive Education

An observation hive is an enclosed hive with clear viewing panels. It lets learners see live honey bees and comb up close while the bees remain contained.

Beekeeper-led learning connects colony life with food systems, healthy habitats, and practical conservation. Availability, format, and site requirements are confirmed before a program is scheduled.

For Applicants

Choose the Right Grant Application

Schools and community groups can apply for plants and garden materials. Beekeepers who teach can use the separate beekeeper application. Each program lists its eligibility and selection criteria.

Pollinator Garden Grants

For schools and community organizations creating spaces where people can learn about and support pollinators.

Review Garden Grant and Apply

Beekeeper Education Grants

For beekeepers seeking observation hive support to bring pollinator education to schools and communities.

Review Beekeeper Grant and Apply

For Companies and Funders

Fund Local Pollinator Programs

Help bring school and community education to the places your organization serves. Partnerships can include beekeeper-led presentations, observation hive equipment, educator materials, and habitat education.

Employee learning may be virtual or onsite. Professionally managed onsite hives can be considered where suitable and are scoped and priced separately. We confirm locations, delivery resources, responsibilities, and reporting in a tailored Statement of Work.

Our Beekeeper Network

Where are beekeepers available for pollinator programs?

The map shows communities with an approved beekeeper. If you see a location near your school, tell us your town and the grades you teach. We check timing, funding and beekeeper availability before arranging a visit.

U.S. map of approved beekeeper locations for Save The Bees USA pollinator programs, with participating states in green and city locations marked by gold stars
Current Approved Beekeeper Locations 28 city-level locations across 15 states Green states have at least one approved beekeeper. Stars show city-level areas only; exact addresses are not displayed.
View the 28 approved city-level areas

FloridaDover, North Port, Odessa

GeorgiaRome, Warthen

IllinoisPekin

IndianaTennyson

KansasCaldwell

KentuckyAlbany

MichiganCadillac

MontanaSuperior

North CarolinaGreensboro, Leland

New YorkCatskill, Nassau, Selkirk

OhioDayton

PennsylvaniaMont Clare

South CarolinaGreeleyville

TennesseeMadisonville

TexasAustin, Johnson City, Magnolia, Meadowlakes, Pipe Creek, San Antonio, Seguin, Whitehouse

Where to Learn More About Bees

Our learning resources explain pollinator habitat, responsible beekeeping, bee education, and conservation. For planting and nesting guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, see its pollinator habitat resources.

Need Help Choosing?

Ask Us About Pollinator Programs in Your Community

Tell us whether you want to donate, arrange education, apply for support, or discuss a partnership.