Bee Box - Help kids to learn about bees 

'Bee Box' is a fun and educational set for primary school-aged children, to help them learn, create & grow for bees. Designed for kids who have a love of nature, the box is bright and bold, and aims to help them learn about pollinators.

Endorsed by Buglife the Invertebrate Conservation Trust, the box includes bee ID cards, information cards (to help children learn about the different types of bees), activity cards, Seedballs®, a bee sketch book, colour-in bookmark, set of colouring pencils and a fun activity sheet to test all their buzzy knowledge.

"The bee box is a delightful gift to share with the children in your life as it is full of engaging information, puzzles and more to engage them with our precious pollinators. We need to save our bees but to do this we must first love them. The bee box is an ideal way to grow that love in future generations." Paul Hetherington, Buglife.

We have launched a crowdfunder campaign to raise £5,000 in order to manufacture the Bee box and promote it across our social media channels. We would love to reach as many families and schools as we can and help to teach children the importance of bees.

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/urbee-bee-box-for-kids

Bee Box and its entire contents are proudly made in Great Britain, using recycled paper and sustainably sourced materials.

Everything in the box is recyclable, and digitally printed onto carbon offset papers and boards that are 100% recycled and printed with eco-friendly inks.

Bee Box aims to encourage children to step outside and look at bees, learn about their differences and to engage with their conservation by making things outside or growing plants.

All information in the Bee Box has been family 'tried and tested'. Urbee is a small family business and the children have created their own top tips to help other kids succeed in the bee tasks.

Why do bees need our help?

Many of our wild bee populations are declining.

Due to the loss of wildflower meadows and wild spaces, the growth of towns and cities and increases in pesticide use and certain farming methods, our wild bee populations are struggling to find food and places to nest.

Two species of bumblebee became extinct during the last century. They need our help more than ever and by teaching our children to love and protect them, we can save them for future generations.

Why are bees important?

Bees are essential in the production of food through pollination. They are responsible for pollinating many of the crops that we eat, such as fruit plants and trees, vegetables, coffee and crops that we grow for multiple uses, like rapeseed - where the crop is grown to produce food, fuel, soap and lubricants.

It would cost farmers billions of pounds each year to pollinate these crops if we didn't have the help of bees. Food prices would rise, and we would risk losing some of the varieties of fruit and vegetables that we enjoy.

Bees also play a huge part in supporting other wildlife, by promoting growth of wildflowers and the animals and birds that find shelter and food within them.

The money raised ​on crowdfunder will be used to purchase stock for the box.

Paper prices have risen sharply during the last few years, so to make ​t​he Bee box affordable, a larger volume of packaging and the printed paper parts​ are needed, which will lower the unit cost.

Funds will also be used for advertising, marketing and promotion of the box, ​which will​ ​p​romote the product and help ​​Urbee on ​their mission to raise awareness for bees.

Should the funding be successful, and Bee box​ is launched, ​U​rbee promise​s to donate 10% of profit raised from each sale thereafter to Buglife​'s pollinator projects​ across the UK.

The 'Bee Box - Help kids to learn about bees' crowdfunder campaign is offering some great rewards, from a single box for £25, to a Bee box and a 1 year Buglife membership for ‘£35 amount (limited amount available), also multiple boxes with discounts for education providers.

UK postage is included as part of each reward. (Bee Box cannot be sent outside the UK due to the inclusion of wildflower seeds).