Guest Speaker – Parkmore Primary School -BEAP Project

Join us as we hear from the student and Principal of Parkmore Primary School. who will tell us about an exciting environmental project the students are working on – BEAP – Bee Education and Protection Project.

They are hoping to represent Australia at the 2025 Future problem Solving Championships showcasing their project.
Team BEAP have found concerning information about bees that indicates bees are endangered. If the bee population continues to decline this could have a dramatic impact on human food production as well as the global environment.

So far they have successfully implemented the following initiatives as part of the project:
-Partnered with Beechworth Honey who have put QR codes on their honey jars taking people to the education centre
-Presented to the State Environmental Minister and local MP John Mullahy who is supporting our work
-Partnered with Monash University gathering native bee data in our garden
-Designed and built a Native Bee Safe garden
-Run a Native bee hotel competition with the finished product on display on the garden
-Researched and published brochures on how to protect the native bee including chemical free pesticides and chemical free weedkillers
-Gained the community support from Bunnings, Nunawading Community gardens, John Mullahy, Richard Welsh, Whitehorse Council, students, staff, parents and friends of Parkmore primary.
-Seen the introduction of the Blue Banded bee, Native honey bee, Reed bee and red Legged Cuckoo Bee in our garden on a daily basis.
-published a picture story book about how to protect the native bee in the garden at home
-Created a native bee memory card game

We look forward to hearing from this passionate group.