Sager Family Farm’s Big Buzz About Bees

Saving the bees begins with knowledge! Why are bees so important to our community and what can we do to help?

 

Sager Family Farm encourages children to develop a love for learning and curiosity about the natural world. Our elementary school lessons bring learning to life and spark interest in STEAM fields through hands-on, engaging activities.

Our farm is designed to provide "reverse field-trips" where we bring the critters into the classroom. It is actually much easier to get 5,000 bees in a box than 24 children onto a bus, especially when you take into account the cost, chaperones, transportation, loss of instructional time, and permission slips required for a traditional field trip. This model allows us to provide more equitable access to formative, hands-on experiences.

Since the founding of Sager Family Farm in 2015 through the end of August 2025, our flagship Big Buzz About Bees program has visited over 1024 classrooms and has presented to 16,885 students throughout the state of California. Thanks to funding from the Dr. Seuss Foundation, in spring 2023 we visited 86 classrooms in San Diego’s Promise Zone, serving 1634 students completely free of charge.

With your help, we will continue the Big Buzz About Bees Program in the San Diego Promise Zone this school year! As the school year continues, we hope to provide as many lessons as we can free of charge.

This year, alongside our lessons, we're adding an ongoing project: to provide the supplies a school needs for a Native Pollinator Garden, including the setup of a Native Bee Hotel and native pollinator plants.

           

Help us reach our goal: 

To fund a lesson for every 1st grade classroom at one school in San Diego.

Your Support Matters!

$250 - $500 covers up to 3 elementary school lessons 

$500+ covers 3+ lessons