Something students actually remember about your school
Alvéole installs and manages rooftop beehives at schools and builds a year-round program around them. Students get hands-on science and sustainability programming. Administrators get something real to show on open days, in sustainability reports, and to prospective families.
Properties across North America, UK & Europe
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A science program students talk about long after the school year ends.
What comes up when you're running a school
Enrollment, differentiation, curriculum relevance, sustainability reporting, staff capacity. These are the things school administrators weigh when they look at new programs.
Enrolment & reputation
A rooftop beehive and a year-round program give you something concrete and memorable to point to on open days and in admissions conversations. It shows parents that science and sustainability aren't just on the syllabus. They're happening on the roof. That's the kind of thing that sticks and gets shared.
Curriculum fit
Alvéole workshops are built around biology, ecology, food systems, and environmental science. They connect to STEM objectives across grade levels and to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which many schools reference in their sustainability commitments. Your teachers can integrate the program into existing units rather than treating it as a separate activity.
Staff bandwidth
Our beekeepers run the program. They visit on a set schedule, lead the workshops, and manage all hive maintenance. Teachers show up and participate. They don't coordinate, source materials, or manage a vendor. The platform keeps students engaged between visits so there's no gap to fill.
Sustainability commitments
A working beehive and pollinator habitat on school grounds is a visible, documented sustainability initiative. Alvéole provides biodiversity data you can include in annual reports, accreditation submissions, and communications with parents. It's something concrete, not aspirational.
Safety concerns
Bees placed and managed by trained beekeepers are not aggressive. Hives are installed in low-traffic areas — rooftops, garden spaces, courtyards — away from daily student movement. Alvéole has run programs at hundreds of schools with no safety incidents. We walk through placement and protocols before anything is installed, so you can bring a fully informed proposal to your board.
What the program actually delivers
Curriculum relevance
Workshops that connect to biology, ecology, and sustainability objectives across grade levels. Teachers integrate it; they don't add it on top of everything else.
Admissions & open days
A working rooftop hive is memorable on tours. It shows prospective families something real, not just a list of programs in a brochure.
Sustainability reporting
A visible, documented biodiversity initiative on school grounds. Biodiversity data ready for annual reports, accreditation, and parent communications.
No staff burden
Our beekeepers run every workshop and manage all hive maintenance. Teachers show up and participate. No coordination required on your side.
Everything included, fully managed across your communities
Rooftop beehives and wild bee habitats
Installed and maintained by our beekeepers in rooftop or garden spaces. A visible, physical program students see from day one.
Year-round student workshops
Beekeeper-led sessions adapted for every grade level: hive observations, honey harvests, honey-bottling, candle-making, and presentations on biology and ecology. We plan and run them all.
Online engagement platform (MyHive)
A hub where students and staff follow the hive between beekeeper visits — hive updates, seasonal changes, and educational content. Keeps the program alive between sessions.
Branded honey jars
Custom-labeled honey from your school's hive. Used for student events, open days, staff gifting, and school fundraisers.
Educational signage
On-site signage that explains the program to students, parents, and visitors. Turns the hive installation into a teaching moment on its own.
Biodiversity data and sustainability reporting
Documented data on your school's biodiversity contribution — ready for annual reports, accreditation submissions, and communications to parents and boards.
Programs running at schools across North America and Europe
From independent schools to university campuses, Alvéole runs the same program adapted to each school's space and grade levels. Whether you have one campus or a network of schools, we manage operations, workshops, and reporting consistently at every location.
Cities across the US, Canada, UK, and Europe
Properties under management
Workshops delivered annually across schools and other properties
Portfolio partnerships across office, multifamily, industrial, senior housing, and schools