Make a simple bee hotel
A simple activity to create a nesting site for solitary bees.
World Bee Day 20 May
Celebrate bees in 2025!
Celebrate bees - make a bee video like we did!
We based our stop motion animation on how much bees love dandelions!
Activities
INSPIRATIONS - Bees
A collection of activity ideas and fun facts to celebrate the bee!
Free-bee this May
We love bees so much we put a bee on our updated May events postcard - free at checkout while stocks last.
Event information
World Bee Day
To raise awareness of the importance of pollinators, the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development, the UN designated 20 May as World Bee Day.
Read More about World Bee DayBee info on the Outdoor Hub
Bees, insects & arachnids
Specialist organisations, projects and resources with a focus on bees, insects and arachnids.
Read More about Bees, insects & arachnidsBees in the Muddy Faces shop
Field Guide - Bees
£4.00 exVATThis bees field guide would be perfect for early childhood settings and schools. Fold-out charts, designed to help users identify of a wide range of plants and animals and support outdoor learning.
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Honey Bee Counting Set
£24.00 exVATDevelop early mathematical skills with this attractive honey bee counting set. Durable and weatherproof, they can be used to explore counting to 20, substituting, odd and even numbers and addition and subtraction.
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Bees and Hives
£15.00 exVATA lovely alternative to standard noughts and crosses, this set comprises 5 bees and 5 hives hand-painted onto birch wood discs and a fold-out cotton playing surface.
Comes in a handy cotton drawstring bag.
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Wooden Bee Nesting Tubes
From: £1.99 exVATThese specially drilled wooden tubes are the ideal for mason bees and leafcutter bees (Megachile spp) and other overwintering insects. The tubes come in a range of sizes from 5mm up to 12mm, the middle sizes 7mm to 10mm are best ...
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Attracting Pollinators Set
£71.99 exVATHow many different pollinators can you attract to your outside area? This set has been put together to enable you to attract some pollinators to your outside space.
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