Adopt a Beehive for Schools

You have chosen to Sponsor a Beehive for your school

This includes: 

• 1 x New wooden hive of honeybees installed in one of our Carmarthenshire apiaries
• 1 x A4 Adoption Certificate for the school to proudly display (Digital or physical)
• 24 x 142g (5oz) jars of your delicious honey, harvested and labelled by hand directly from the beehive to your school 
• Access to our wholesale prices to buy more honey from your hive(s), and have the option to have your honey labels branded for your school for an additional fee. The school children can even be involved in designing labels!
• You'll get regular seasonal social media updates during the summer beekeeping season on your hive including photos and videos
• Framed Picture of your hive
• Bespoke plaque featuring your school logo fixed to your hive
• Depending on School location from us, either a 30 minute visit to the school with the honeybees in an observation hive or a virtual meet the bees over video call - Schools located in Carmarthenshire will be eligible for a 30 minute visit to the school by our experienced beekeeper with honeybees in an observation hive, giving the children the opportunity to see the bees up close. For schools further afield, a virtual meet the bees will be most likely, call to discuss.
• Plan is for 12 months
• Price includes VAT
• We can paint the hives to match your school colour free of charge as long as you provide us with the paint or cover the cost for the paint

Terms & Conditions 

We will contact you within a few days with a welcome email outlining the next steps to get your hive set up. ​Adopting a Hive with Gwenyn Gruffydd does not confer any right of ownership to the beehive adopter. The Honeybees, the hive and all the equipment remains the property of Gwenyn Gruffydd. By adopting a hive does not confer any right to access the land the upon which the adopted beehive is located and adopters have no access the land or the adopted beehive without the consent and presence of Gwenyn Gruffydd. The income received by Gwenyn Gruffydd from the Adopt a Hive Scheme helps secure the future of honeybees and helps with the upkeep of the bees. The money is not refundable as they will have been spent on the purchase of the hive, signage, bees and upkeep. Monies given to Gwenyn Gruffydd are donations to help the bees. The donation is required in advance of the period it is designed to cover. Visitors to the hives must comply with Gwenyn Gruffydd instructions at all times. Your safety and that of the bees is paramount to us.