Bee a Donor. Support the Honeybee Discovery Center.

Together we can help create a culture of pollinator awareness. Donations to the Honeybee Discovery Center go directly towards the construction of our new center.

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"In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught." —Baba Dioum, 1968

The Honeybee Discovery Center will be a leader in creating a cultural awareness of bees and the beekeepers who care for them. Interactive activities and displays will teach the importance of honeybees and native pollinators, and our world’s dependence upon them. Visitors will leave with an understanding of the responsibility we all share to conserve and support their habitat and species.

In order to build The Honeybee Discovery Center, we are relying on tax-deductible contributions from supporters like you. Philanthropy will bring the Discovery Center to life. A gift of any amount is sincerely appreciated.

The Honeybee Discovery Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and increasing agriculture education and awareness.

We cordially invite you to become a founding member of the Golden Bee Circle, a special community of supporters committed to protecting pollinators through impactful education and collaboration between growers and beekeepers.

At the Honeybee Discovery Center, we inspire curiosity and action through awareness about the essential role of honeybees in our food system. These tiny creatures are responsible for one out of every three bites we eat, yet they are facing unprecedented challenges:

  • Nearly 80% of the queen bees in North America are grafted right here in our home region—the “Golden Triangle” of Northern California. Agriculture is a vital industry, and the bees it relies on, are under increasing threat.

  • Honeybee populations are declining at rates exceeding 60% annually, endangering not just agriculture but the broader ecological balance we all depend on.

As a Golden Bee Circle member, you’ll help build a legacy of protection and awareness.


Thank you to our Golden Bee Circle🐝 and 2024 supporters:

Alan Beyer

Alex Vereschagin Jr.

AVAG Inc.

Bill & Kathy Chance 🐝

Brad & Melissa Pankratz 🐝

Braziel and Associates

Butte County Farm Bureau 🐝

Can-am Apiaries Inc.

Capay Farms 🐝

Carol & Rob Sylvester

Carolina Burreson

Chico State Enterprises          

Coleen Morris

David Hassenzahl

Deseret Farms 🐝

Explore Butte County 🐝 

First Northern Bank 🐝

Foor Foundation 🐝

Heritage Ag Insurance 🐝

Hodge Family Nursery 🐝

Jennipher Dace

Kamron & Julie Koehnen 🐝

Keven & Donica O'Laughlin

Linda and Dennis Hoffman

Linda Lohse 🐝

Lisa Koehnen

Lorri Pride

Mandy Jensen

North Valley CA Women for Ag 🐝

Pat & Laura Heitkam 🐝

President Steve & Tanya Perez 🐝

Renee Michel

Sandi Decker

Susan C. Murphy

Sweeney & Michel 🐝

Theresa Lagrande

Valerie Severson 🐝

Yvonne Koehnen 🐝

Zenith Insurance 🐝