Pollination Partnership Program

More Than a Hive: A Whole-Centre Journey

  • Building with a stone facade and sign that reads "Bring back the Wildhood for Kids". In front, there is a colorful mailbox with a floral design and a small wooden roof, and outdoor seating with benches.

    🌿What It’s All About

    We believe bee hives should be more than a feature - they should be a living part of the learning environment.

    By partnering with us, your centre becomes a Pollination Partner, joining a carefully considered community of early learning spaces that value biodiversity, nature-based learning, and meaningful environmental connection through Australia’s native stingless bees.

    Our purpose is simple and enduring:
    To place stingless bees at the heart of the learning journey, building confidence, curiosity, and a deeper understanding of nature’s cycles across the year - in a way that feels authentic, enriching, and lasting.

  • A person inspecting a beehive placed on concrete blocks in a garden, surrounded by plants and flowers.

    🐝 What’s Included in the Program?

    Your Pollination Partners experience is a long-term, supported partnership designed to help your hive and learning environment thrive.

    Centres receive:

    ✔️Ongoing professional support and guidance

    ✔️A series of guided learning experiences across the year

    ✔️Education support for children and educators

    ✔️Continued connection with the Teralba Bees community

    ✔️Peace of mind that your hive is being thoughtfully cared for

    All experiences are aligned with recognised early learning frameworks, supporting meaningful, nature-based learning in your centre.

  • A small painted birdhouse on metal stand next to a tree, surrounded by green plants. The birdhouse has a floral design and a sloped wooden roof. To the right, there are three stacked planters made from recycled tires filled with colorful rocks.

    💛 Designed for Educators

    Everything is thoughtfully prepared to support educators in embedding bees into their learning program with confidence and ease. Our approach is designed to complement your curriculum, support reflective practice, and make integration seamless across the year.

    The program supports key learning outcomes by helping children to:

    ✔️Connect with and contribute to their world

    ✔️Develop a strong sense of wellbeing through nature

    ✔️Become confident and involved learners

    ✔️Communicate effectively in real-world contexts

🌼 Spreading Pollination Power Across SEQ 🐝

Through our growing network of native stingless bee hives, hundreds of thousands of bees are now at work across South East Queensland — creating living pollination hubs in playgrounds, gardens, and community spaces.

Each hive is home to around 10,000 bees, and each bee can visit up to 1,000 flowers a day. This means a single hive can support up to 10 million flower visits daily — and across our network, this becomes hundreds of millions of flower visits every single day.

Native bees may be small, but their impact is extraordinary. They typically forage within a 500-metre radius of their hive, supporting pollination across nearly 80 hectares per site — the equivalent of more than 100 soccer fields. Across our expanding network, this creates a quiet yet powerful force for local biodiversity.

But these hives do more than support flowers. They inspire curiosity, spark conversation, and nurture care for the natural world. With every wingbeat, our pollinators are helping children learn, gardens flourish, and ecosystems thrive.

Let’s keep planting, learning, and buzzing forward — together. 🐝

Our Native Bee Hive Wrap

Teralba Park Honey are incredibly proud to introduce the artist behind our 2025 Spring Hive artwork - Hailah, an 11-year-old First Nations artist from Tamworth, NSW, whose powerful creativity has captured the spirit of the Native Bee in a way that is both deeply personal and profoundly meaningful. This one-of-a-kind piece tells the Story of the Native Bee through Hailah’s unique lens - blending culture, the environment, and imagination.

A Word from the Artist

My name is Hailah, my name means Halo around the Moon and it is often said when there is a halo around the moon it will be a crazy wild night. My mum says that suits me perfectly because I have always had trouble sleeping and even now I do all my art in the night-time.

I am 11 years old and was born on the 4 October 2013 in Tamworth, NSW. My mum was born in Maitland NSW and my Dad was born in Tennant Creek in the NT. I live on Gomeroi Country but my Aboriginal heritage is Wambaya tribe.

I have three little brothers, my mum and dad both come from big families so I have a lot of cousins, aunties and uncles. I have always loved art but feel connected to Aboriginal art and I love telling stories through pictures and paintings. I feel inspired by being on country, travelling, and listening to stories of creation and the dreamtime.

In my art I enjoy using bright colours and often I will mix it with soft pastel colours. It is contemporary Aboriginal art. I enjoy painting Native Australian animals, native plants and the story of the sky and the sea. I'm so proud of my culture and I am proud to continue sharing stories of the longest continuing culture in the world.

— Hailah, Gomeroi Country

A girl smiling and holding a indigenous aboriginal painting outdoors. The painting features abstract and floral designs with vibrant colors, wind-like lines, and various shapes and patterns. artwork by Hailah's Yuluwirri Creations
  • Decorative art featuring bees on honeycombs, surrounded by abstract colorful patterns and floral designs.

    At the heart of the artwork is the Queen Bee deep inside the hive, surrounded by the stingless brood, cradled within the trunk of the tree - the home and heartbeat of the hive.

  • Abstract doodle art with colorful swirling lines, flowers, and various decorative patterns in pastel and bright colors. artwork by Hailah's Yuluwirri Creations

    From here, branches rise - reaching out through the community, symbolising growth, connection, and interdependence.

  • Colorful doodle art with a smiling spiral, insects, and abstract shapes in vibrant colors. artwork by Hailah's Yuluwirri Creations Hives in childcare centres and services Brisbane

    You will find a sun beaming quietly from the corner, and hidden native animals tucked amongst the lines - a reminder to always look closely at Country.

  • Colorful, hand-drawn illustration of tropical plants, flowers, a toucan, and a red crab, with decorative patterns. artwork by Hailah's Yuluwirri Creations indigenous Aboriginal artwork beehives for kids

    Nestled amongst the bees you will find Native Australian flora like Bottlebrush and Gumtrees

  • Colorful abstract art featuring a blue and yellow handprint surrounded by swirls, animals, and various patterns. artwork by Hailah's Yuluwirri Creations indigenous Aboriginal artwork beehives for kids

    Hailah even added her own handprint, forever placing herself in the story she tells.

  • Colorful abstract design featuring a central pink spiral with blue lines, surrounded by purple petal-like shapes outlined in yellow, and various decorative patterns in multiple colors. artwork by Hailah's Yuluwirri Creations indigenous Aboriginal art

    Little footprints represents the children who uphold the responsibility of the Native Bees

Join Our Pollination Partnership Program!

Would you like to see native stingless bees thriving at your centre year-round? Reach out today and join our growing community of Pollination Partners! By participating, you can create a welcoming home for a native beehive right in your playground and play an important role in preserving these vital pollinators.

As part of the program, our local beekeepers will provide personalised, one-on-one support to enhance your playscape with year-round learning opportunities. Together, we’ll foster environmental awareness, inspire curiosity about bees, and create a deeper connection with nature for children, educators, and visitors alike.

Please note: Due to high demand, waitlist times may apply.