Hosting a Japanese Honeybee Hive Building Workshop to Protect Honeybees in Tamashima, Kurashiki City on Saturday, May 2
NPO Kounosato will host a Japanese honeybee hive building workshop on May 2, 2026, at the free school 'Chikurin no Schole' in Kurashiki City, Okayama, as part of its efforts to protect satoyama biodiversity.
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NPO Kounosato (Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, Representative: Tetsuya Kataoka) will hold a "Japanese Honeybee Hive Building Workshop" at the free school "Chikurin no Schole" on May 2, 2026, as part of its efforts to protect the biodiversity of the satoyama.
It is a hands-on event where children and adults work together to learn about the environment in which Japanese honeybees can live, and the ideal state of a satoyama where flowers, soil, and living creatures are interconnected.
Chikurin no Schole is an alternative school (free school) that values nurturing "life skills" in nature.
Currently, 20 students from first grade elementary school to third grade junior high school use the facility, utilizing approximately 34,000 square meters of satoyama, including fields, forests, abandoned farmland, and neglected bamboo groves, as a place of learning.
Having steadily progressed for three years as the first nature-based free school in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, it has recently advanced cooperation with public elementary and junior high schools, and in February 2026, received an inspection visit from the Okayama Prefectural Superintendent of Education.
Currently, through natural farming, free-range poultry farming, and Japanese honeybee beekeeping, they are proceeding with the creation of "Sco-Village," a place where children and adults learn and practice "circular agriculture where life circulates" together.
This workshop will not only focus on building hives but also on considering how to protect the environment in which honeybees can survive. It is necessary for the local community to understand and support flowers and trees that signal the changing seasons, consideration for environmental load, satoyama maintenance, and the connections between living things.
In a satoyama dealing with abandoned farmland and neglected bamboo groves, they are trying to reconnect children's learning, the cultivation of local leaders, and the restoration of biodiversity, not as separate issues but as a unified way of living. We believe that the return of creatures such as dragonflies, frogs, loaches, and honeybees is not only a sign of nature becoming richer but also a sign that this way of life can be sustained.
It is a hands-on event where children and adults work together to learn about the environment in which Japanese honeybees can live, and the ideal state of a satoyama where flowers, soil, and living creatures are interconnected.
Chikurin no Schole is an alternative school (free school) that values nurturing "life skills" in nature.
Currently, 20 students from first grade elementary school to third grade junior high school use the facility, utilizing approximately 34,000 square meters of satoyama, including fields, forests, abandoned farmland, and neglected bamboo groves, as a place of learning.
Having steadily progressed for three years as the first nature-based free school in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, it has recently advanced cooperation with public elementary and junior high schools, and in February 2026, received an inspection visit from the Okayama Prefectural Superintendent of Education.
Currently, through natural farming, free-range poultry farming, and Japanese honeybee beekeeping, they are proceeding with the creation of "Sco-Village," a place where children and adults learn and practice "circular agriculture where life circulates" together.
This workshop will not only focus on building hives but also on considering how to protect the environment in which honeybees can survive. It is necessary for the local community to understand and support flowers and trees that signal the changing seasons, consideration for environmental load, satoyama maintenance, and the connections between living things.
In a satoyama dealing with abandoned farmland and neglected bamboo groves, they are trying to reconnect children's learning, the cultivation of local leaders, and the restoration of biodiversity, not as separate issues but as a unified way of living. We believe that the return of creatures such as dragonflies, frogs, loaches, and honeybees is not only a sign of nature becoming richer but also a sign that this way of life can be sustained.