Join the Bee-Team.™
Rescue pollinators in your own community, report the story, make new friends, and help keep the bees buzzing. High schools, colleges, and universities are joining the rescue nationwide — and there’s a place for you.
Everyone who wants to make a difference.
High-school students
Start a school Bee-Team, earn community-service hours, and file stories for the UEF “High School Wire™.”
College & university students
Lead a campus chapter through work-study positions and internships in field science and journalism.
Volunteers & bee-lovers
No campus required. Anyone can build habitat, plant a rain garden, and help spread the word.
Two kinds of action, one mission.
Bee-Teams follow a curriculum-based, science-backed protocol developed with the U-M Dearborn Environmental Interpretive Center.
Build habitat, count species
Build and install emergency bee hotels, plant no-mow rain gardens of native pollinator food, identify local species, and record population baselines — turning lawns and backyards into living habitat.
Report it to the world
Turn your field research into PSAs, reports, and stories for print, digital, radio, and television — feeding the central news hub at the University of Michigan and building real journalism skills.
Work-study, internships & service.
College work-study
Paid positions build the operation: technology manager, production manager, and expansion manager roles at chapter hubs.
Internships
Hands-on internships in field science, digital production, and environmental journalism.
Community service
High-school students earn service hours while filing to the UEF “High School Wire™.”
From one hub to a nationwide network.
It starts at the central news hub at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, then grows local to regional to national — expanding to the first five university chapters and initial high-school teams.
Each Bee-Team passes the baton year after year, building a lasting, student-led stewardship movement.
Join in. Find new friends. Make a difference.™
Getting started is simple — here’s how a new Bee-Team comes together.
Reach out
Email us that you’d like to start or join a Bee-Team.
Get the plan
Receive the science-based rescue protocol and reporting guidelines.
Build your team
Gather classmates or neighbors and take your first rescue actions.
Report & grow
File your stories to the hub and pass the baton onward.
Questions? Email bees@unitedearthfund.org