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Returning March '27
The Pollinator Project is Ireland's largest & longest running school pollinator education programme. For 2026, we're again delighted to partner with SIRO, Ireland’s 100% fibre broadband network, connecting communities across Ireland.
Now in its 15th year, the project works with schools across Ireland to train young people as pollinator ambassadors & assist in delivering bee-positive actions such as creating 'no-mow' meadows and ending the use of sprays on school grounds. To date we have trained almost 34,000 pollinator ambassadors. This year we have kits to reach an additional 5,000 students in pre, primary, secondary and homeschools.
Our partner:
How to get involved
Gold Bee
Competition is now closed
Results are listed below :)
We were amazed at all the wonderful pollinator work being undertaken at schools across Ireland. You should be really proud of all your efforts - if only we could visit every school and give you all prizes! The following are the results for 2026:
Gold Bee Winner 2026
St. Mary's Secondary School, New Ross, Co. Wexford
"St.Mary's Secondary School showed exceptional dedication to pollinators with their New Ross Wildflower Project involving the whole community. Confronted with the dilemma of limited space at school but wanting to make a strong impact for pollinators, they spearheaded a pollinator corridor throughout their community to the cheers of bees, hoverflies, butterflies, and moths all around New Ross!"
Runners-up
Whole school effort - Coláiste Abhainn Rí, Kilkenny
Community Involvement - Timoleague NS, Cork
Solitary Bee Action - St. Thomas' SNS, Tallaght, Dublin
Special Commendation - Kilcoole Primary, Wicklow
Special Commendation - Scoil Dean Cussen, Limerick
Special Commendation - Giggles Outdoor Education, Meath
All runners up above will receive a Bosca Dúlra in Winter 2026.
TAKE OUR SURVEY
Register a school as a
'Spray' or 'No Spray'
school.
Spraying at school survey
We're on a mission to end the practice of spraying pesticides at Irish schools to help the health of both nature and our children.
We are asking you as parents, teachers, students and members of the community to anonymously register if any school is using these sprays. Equally, if your school isn’t spraying, please let us know that too and share your experience of how you have avoided them.
Survey is now closed.
Results will be published here in mid-May.
Pledge & Win
Registration portal is now closed
All participants will be contacted on results mid-April with resources delivered mid- to late April.
We have kits for 5,000 young people. Simply take the pledge below to show your commitment to pollinators. We will likely have more applications than resources so kits will be randomly assigned. Closing date is 12 noon Friday 10th April 2026. Even if you don't win you'll still receive our digital pollinator pack. Winners will be contacted by email and kits sent in April, after Easter holidays. Please only submit if you have the authority to represent the school, eg: teacher, principal, SNA, secretary, administrator, caretaker, BOM, PA, etc.
Minister for Education & Youth, Hildegarde Naughton, launching the Pollinator Project 2026 at St. Patrick's Primary School, Galway City.
Why are we doing this
Ireland is home to around 100 species of bee: solitary, bumble and honey. While our honey bees are not at risk, our wild ones (bumble, solitary) are in serious trouble.
One in three species are now threatened with extinction in Ireland.
The importance of such insects to our food system is astonishing with 90% of world food supply dependent on insect pollination. Without bees and their friends world food supply would collapse. So it’s kind of important to look after them!
For more information check out the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan.
