WORKSHOPS

Bring your community together with engaging and interactive activities

We want to make everyone fall in love with bees! These workshops foster a deeper connection between your building community, your bee program, and the environment.

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Environmental education is the heart of our mission

Create
meaningful
and educational experiences

Create meaningful
and educational experiences

Each workshop is a powerful vehicle for environmental awareness and education, perfectly suited to support your ESG strategy.

Offer an
exciting and
experiential
environment

Offer an exciting
and experiential environment

Create a space that people want to come to with unique team bonding opportunities and an improved wellness program.

Bring awareness to your sustainability initiatives

Bring awareness to your sustainability initiatives

These workshops open the door to bigger conversations about the environment and get people talking about your organization’s efforts.

Discover Alvéole’s workshops

Dive into the fascinating world of bees and urban beekeeping. Participants are sure to leave with new knowledge, a transformed view of their environment, and a heightened sense of community.

HANDS-ON

From hive to honey jar:
a hands-on honey extraction

Take part in every step of a honey extraction, from uncapping the frames, to spinning the honey out of the honeycombs, and jarring and labeling the honey to take home.

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environmental education

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HANDS-ON

Wonders of beeswax:
the art of candle-making

Make your own hand-dipped beeswax candles while exploring the history of this centuries-old practice.

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environmental education

Great for your VIP customers

INTERACTIVE

Meet your bees: get up close
and personal with your hive

Try on a beekeeper’s veil, observe the bees at work, and taste honey fresh from the frame. If we’re lucky, her majesty the queen bee may even grace us with her presence!

Virtual option available

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INTERACTIVE

Bee there or bee square:
team trivia

Challenge your group to a round of trivia that is sure to leave participants with a smile, a sense of connection, and some fun (and surprising) knowledge about bees and pollinators.

Virtual option available

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INTERACTIVE

Information kiosk:
what’s the buzz?

Share your beehive project with your tenants or larger community. Your Alvéole beekeeper will set up an eye-catching display with posters, beekeeping tools, and hive equipment to showcase the urban beekeeping experience.

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environmental education

Ideal for community events

INTERACTIVE

Meet your beekeeper:
ask them anything!

Get to know your dedicated beekeeper, the ins and outs of their job, and your beehive project.

Virtual option available

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SEMINAR

Discover the world of bees: a look at the fascinating role bees play

Learn all about the diverse world of bees, urban beekeeping, and the little city found within a honey bee hive. Follow a bee’s life journey, from the moment she hatches to her final flight.

Virtual option available

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SEMINAR

Bee the movement:
an introduction to the urban agriculture movement

Chicken keeping, rooftop gardening, vertical farming, and community building – take a step back from the beehive and get inspired by the broader urban agriculture movement.

Virtual option available

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SEMINAR

Explore the world of wild bees: a closer look at the enchanting world of pollination

Bumble bees, carpenters, masons, leafcutters; get to know the hundreds of lovable wild bees who share our cities. Discover how wild bee homes provide nesting habitat, and learn how to grow a pollinator garden, beginning with a hands-on activity to  create your own bee-friendly seed mix.

Virtual option available

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What our clients have to say about our workshops

Frequently asked questions

You can choose from nine different one-hour workshops, ranging from hands-on activities, to seminars and kiosks. They can be adapted for any group or setting, including in-person and online for workplaces, schools, retirement homes, and beyond!

All Alvéole clients benefit from these workshops. They can be adapted for any group or setting, including workplaces, schools, retirement homes, and beyond!

These workshops are a powerful vehicle for environmental education and awareness. After participating in an activity, participants become mobilized spokespeople for bees, urban beekeeping, pollinators, and your beehive project.

Yes! To ensure these activities are accessible for all workplaces, we also offer virtual options.

Each workshop is about one hour long.