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Sager Family Farm is a nature education business based in San Diego, California. We currently teach in San Diego, LA, and the SF Bay Area
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We specialize in taking critters into classrooms, creating an engaging and educational experience that students love!

08/18/2024

TODAY’S THE DAY! Come support Sager Family Farm TODAY from 2-4pm by shopping in person or online at Kendra Scott 🐝

Thanks to , 20% of sales will go to Big Buzz About Bees BUT you MUST shop within our given times! With your help, we can visit more local schools before the school year is over! Help us bring The Big Buzz About Bees to as many schools as we can!

Come support us at the Fashion Valley Kendra Scott location during the following times:
• Sunday, September 22; 2-4pm
• Sunday, November 24; 2-4pm

🐝 ONLINE SHOPPERS: use code: GIVEBACK-HDDUU at checkout for the fundraiser to work 🌿

08/17/2024

Come support Sager Family Farm TOMORROW, Sunday, August 18th from 2-4pm by shopping in person or online at Kendra Scott 🐝

Thanks to , 20% of sales will go to Big Buzz About Bees BUT you MUST shop within our given times! With your help, we can visit more local schools before the school year is over! Help us bring The Big Buzz About Bees to as many schools as we can!

🐝 ONLINE SHOPPERS: use code: “GIVEBACK-HDDUU” at checkout for the fundraiser to work 🌿

Come support us at the Fashion Valley Kendra Scott location during the following times:
• Sunday, August 18; 2-4pm (TOMORROW!)
• Sunday, September 22; 2-4pm
• Sunday, November 24; 2-4pm

🐝 ONLINE SHOPPERS: use code: “GIVEBACK-HDDUU” at checkout for the fundraiser to work 🌿

08/11/2024

Come support Sager Family Farm on Sunday, August 18th (in ONE WEEK) from 2-4pm by shopping in person or online at Kendra Scott 🐝

Thanks to , 20% of sales will go to Big Buzz About Bees BUT you MUST shop within our given times! With your help, we can visit more local schools before the school year is over! Help us bring The Big Buzz About Bees to as many schools as we can!

Come support us at the Fashion Valley Kendra Scott location during the following times:
• Sunday, August 18; 2-4pm (IN ONE WEEK!)
• Sunday, September 22; 2-4pm
• Sunday, November 24; 2-4pm

🐝 ONLINE SHOPPERS: use code: “GIVEBACK-HDDUU” at checkout for the fundraiser to work 🌿

08/08/2024

Save the date! Sager Family Farm is back at Kendra Scott for another fundraiser on AUGUST 18th, from 2-4pm! (Online or at Fashion Valley location only)

Online: use code “GIVEBACK-HDDUU” at checkout ONLY during fundraiser hours (2-4pm)

All proceeds will go to our educational program, Big Buzz About Bees - These funds will allow us to visit schools that don’t have the funds for extra programs like ours! We love sharing our bee knowledge with as many students as we can 🐝

07/30/2024

Did summer go by fast for everyone? We had a blast with our Garden Adventure campers in San Diego! After 5 consecutive weeks of Big Buzz About Bees lessons, these young explorers are now bee experts!

Each week we discussed a different lesson topic:
• What’s the Big Buzz About Bees?
• Insect anatomy
• Pollinator Plate (why are pollinators important to the food on our plates?)
• Team Bee (would bees be able to survive if they didn’t work together? Would humans?)
• Save the Bees! (Why is it so important to protect bees and their habitat?)

Each lesson was joined with interactive worksheets and exciting activities that our students and teachers loved!

All of these lessons are available if you would like to bring the Big Buzz About Bees to your school or club! 🐝 Click the link in our bio for booking details and contact information

07/23/2024

These campers are hard at work feeding larvae with their pipette proboscises!

This activity is part of our Insect Anatomy lesson - students learned about the different body parts bees have that make them successful pollinators and hive workers.

Interested in a visit from Sager Family Farm at your school or club? Click the link in our bio for booking and contact information 🐝

07/10/2024

We love to see our students using their creativity to learn about habitats and nature!

In this Create a Creature activity, students are encouraged to look at all the factors needed for their special creature to survive!

Factors such as:
• Habitat
• Diet
• Size
• Predators
• Defenses

What would your special creature look like? If you are interested in this activity, or booking a lesson with Sager Family Farm, click the link in our bio!

06/24/2024

Getting ready for our Bee Anatomy camps this week 🐝 Campers are going to be examining real bee specimens, learning how each specialized body part helps bees survive, and even designing their own creature uniquely adapted to its environment!

06/18/2024

Another Teacher Testimonial! 🐝

Thank you Miss Kathy! We had a blast teaching your students The Big Buzz About Bees and we can’t wait to visit your new TKers next year!

We love to teach students of all ages! Each of our 6 lessons are designated for grades TK-5th! Click the link in our bio to learn more about what we do!

06/14/2024

Thank you to the wonderful students of M***a Loma for their beautiful artwork!

We love teaching students of all ages, and we love seeing their buzzzztastic artwork! It’s amazing to see what they learned and what they loved about The Big Buzz About Bees!

If you would like to book a lesson, workshop, or private event - click the link in our bio! We do programs for all ages 🐝

06/11/2024

We love hearing from our teachers! By visiting over 70 schools all over California, we try our best to bring the excitement of The Big Buzz About Bees to every student!

Jennifer does a great job of teaching an energetic lesson that both engages and informs students! 🐝

Teachers and students love our lessons! Click the link in our bio to book your next lesson, workshop, or private event 🙂

05/20/2024

It’s World Bee Day! Today’s the day to give some much deserved praise to BEES!

Bees have such an huge impact on our environment - from the beautiful plants that surround us, to the food on our plates! Without these industrious pollinators, our world would be a lot less colorful.

Here at Sager Family Farm, we’re doing all we can to help our bees thrive, and teach explorers of all ages how important they are! Celebrate World Bee day by planting some flowers and exploring the nature that bees help create 🪻🌷🌻

05/19/2024

Come support Sager Family Farm 🚨 TODAY from 4-6pm🚨by shopping in person or online at Kendra Scott !

🐝 ONLINE SHOPPERS: use code: GIVEBACK-GOTTY at checkout for the fundraiser to work 🌿

Thanks to Kendra Scott, 20% of sales will go to Big Buzz About Bees BUT you MUST shop within our given times! These proceeeds will help us visit more schools that otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford an exciting bee lesson!

Come support us at the Fashion Valley Kendra Scott location during the following times:
• Sunday, May 19th; 4-6pm (IN 4 DAYS!)
• Sunday, August 18; 2-4pm
• Sunday, September 22; 2-4pm
• Sunday, November 24; 2-4pm

05/18/2024

Come support Sager Family Farm TOMORROW from 4-6pm by shopping in person or online at Kendra Scott 🐝

Thanks to Kendra Scott, 20% of sales will go to Big Buzz About Bees BUT you MUST shop within our given times! These proceeeds will help us visit more schools that otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford an exciting bee lesson!

Come support us at the Fashion Valley Kendra Scott location during the following times:
• Sunday, May 19th; 4-6pm (IN 4 DAYS!)
• Sunday, August 18; 2-4pm
• Sunday, September 22; 2-4pm
• Sunday, November 24; 2-4pm

🐝 ONLINE SHOPPERS: use code: GIVEBACK-GOTTY at checkout for the fundraiser to work 🌿

05/15/2024

Come support Sager Family Farm by shopping in person or online at Kendra Scott on Sunday, May 19th from 2-4pm! 🐝

Thanks to Kendra Scott 20% of sales will go to Big Buzz About Bees BUT you MUST shop within our given times! These proceeeds will help us visit more schools that otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford an exciting bee lesson!

Come support us at the Fashion Valley Kendra Scott location during the following times:
• Sunday, May 19th; 4-6pm (IN 4 DAYS!)
• Sunday, August 18; 2-4pm
• Sunday, September 22; 2-4pm
• Sunday, November 24; 2-4pm

🐝 ONLINE SHOPPERS: use code: GIVEBACK-GOTTY at checkout for the fundraiser to work 🌿

05/11/2024

All of our San Diego beehives are rescues - which means we MUST put new queens in. The bees that naturally thrive in our area have scutellata (African) genetics - which means they are incredibly defensive of their hives and young. Allowing these hives to grow unchecked can be incredibly dangerous, especially in urban areas.

We introduce the new queens in cages so that the colony can get used to the pheromones of the new queen. After about a week, we release the new queen to start laying eggs. Within 3-9 weeks, the offspring of the new queen will replace the old genetic line, and the temperament of the hive can be completely different.

Thanks for getting us some nice new queens from Northern California where the dominant genetic strains are European and are generally very docile, especially compared to our "spicy" San Diego bees 🌶️🐝

05/07/2024

We’re partnering with for an amazing fundraising opportunity! On the following dates, shop in-store or use code “GIVEBACK-GOTYY” online, and 20% of sales will go to Sager Family Farm!

This money would fund visits to schools that wouldn’t be able to afford a fun lesson like Big Buzz About Bees. We work hard to offer affordable and free lessons to those schools who need it most! Show your support and shop at Kendra Scott in Fashion Valley on these dates:

• Sunday, May 19
• Sunday, August 18
• Sunday, September 22
• Sunday, November

05/05/2024

Buzz by the to check out the amazing artwork from our Big Buzz About Bees students from Adelante Selby Spanish Immersion School! This installation will run through World Bee Day on May 20th, and don't forget to join us at the library for a special Big Buzz About Bees presentation on Saturday, May 18th at 11AM.

Special thanks to and the San Mateo County Arts Commission for bringing our Big Buzz About Bees program to Redwood City School District schools and making this installation possible❤️🐝

05/04/2024

Rain or shine, we're here at trying to spot the queen bee!

03/30/2024

Big Buzz About Bees Presents: INSECT ANATOMY

Insect Anatomy is one of the 6 in-class lessons that Sager Family Farm offers! Students learn about how bees’ specialized body parts help them collect food, feed their young, and communicate.

This lesson is full of interactive fun! Students of all grades can view specimens under a real microscope and track their insights in a provided worksheet.

While this lesson is flexible for all grades, we recommend it for First Grade 🐝 it’s perfect for their learning level!

Interested in an in-class bee lesson? Click the link in our bio to find info about more classes, workshops, and sign ups for a visit at your location!

03/08/2024

What is Big Buzz About Bees?

Big Buzz About Bees with Sager Family Farm offers a series of educational bee lessons that follow both NGSS and Common Core standard for grades TK-5. Each lesson can be adjusted for grades 6-12.

And the best part? We come to YOU! Experience an interactive and informative lesson centered around bees, the environment, and/or pollinators in your very own classroom - including a viewing hive full of hardworking honey bees!

We offer 6 lessons:
• Big Buzz About Bees Overview
• Insect Anatomy
• Save the Bees
• Bee Brave
• Pollinator Plate
• Team Bee

Stay tuned to learn more about each lesson we offer!

02/16/2024

Have you been to the San Diego Children's Discovery Museum? SDCDM is a nonprofit organization that encourages kids to explore the world and nature around them, and have fun while doing it! We were lucky enough to join them on ! Here’s Kendal showing honeycombs to some excited explorers 🐝

02/14/2024

Who’s happy the sun is out? As Spring comes closer, keep your eyes peeled for some tiny friends! They love to munch on leaves of all kinds, here are a few plants that you can add to your garden if you want to attract some caterpillars 🐛 and butterflies 🦋

• Milkweed (‘Narrow Leaf’ and ‘California’ milkweed is best)
• Dill
• Cherry trees
• Fennel
• Flowers in general! A lively garden will attract lots of butterflies

We found these caterpillars chomping on some milkweed in our garden. Happy gardening!
(First Photo: Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar. Second/Third Photo: Monarch Caterpillar)

02/02/2024

Spring is swiftly approaching, and our calendar is quickly filling up!

Luckily we still have availability this month and in March - follow the link in our bio to book your school visit before dates fill up!

12/23/2023

🔔 ❤️ Happy Holidays from Sager Family Farm! ❤️🔔

The animals are a bit too finicky for some beanies but they’ve still got lots of holiday cheer! 🎄🎁

If they’re very good Santa might bring them some extra alfalfa treats!

12/14/2023

Hello from our Sager Family Farm bees 🐝 who can spot the queen bee? (Hint below)
(Hint: she has a red dot on her back!)

12/10/2023

Calling all craft lovers and last-minute gift-givers! 📣 our Lip Balm Workshop is a fun way to make some lip balms with friends and classmates!

ALL ages are welcome! From kids to adults, to birthday parties, corporate events, and classroom visits 🐝

In this guided workshop, your group will make your very own lip balms, choosing from 8+ unique flavors. During the activity, you’ll learn what bees use wax for, how bees make their wax, and other great things we can do with it 🌻

Click the link in our bio, or email us at info@sager family farm to book your workshop!

11/28/2023

Help us reach our goal of visiting 95 schools in San Diego and Daly City free of charge!

We were able to visit 191 schools free of charge last year- thanks to YOU, our donors 🐝

Let’s keep the ball rolling and see how many lessons we can teach to our very deserving students!

11/28/2023

Can you believe we’ve been able to visit 191 schools on donation funds only? All of those schools were in districts that could use as many helping hands as possible. And thanks to our donors, we were able to bring our bee lessons to them!

While we’re so proud of all we’ve done, WE NEED YOUR HELP! We’ve been lucky to visit schools in the Bay Area free of charge, and we want to offer the same to our schools in SoCal! We have a goal of teaching 95 schools in Daly City and San Diego, and we can reach that goal with your donations! 🧡

Follow the link in our bio to donate!

11/28/2023

Today’s the day! It’s GIVING TUESDAY! This day is huge for all charities and nonprofits across the country!

Bring in the holiday cheer by donating to you favorite causes. Donations are a huge part of our success, and we are so great full for any and all donations 🧡

Follow the link in our bio to DONATE!

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+16507352337

Website

http://www.sagerfamilyfarm.com/

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Big Buzz About Bees booking for San Diego and the Bay Area is open for the 2024-2025 school year! - Try our “reverse” field trip - we come to you! Save costs on travel funds and trip planning, we put together a lesson plan and schedule that works around your school day! - Grades TK-5 will enjoy interactive and exciting lessons all centered around bees 🐝 the best part? We bring our live viewing hive full of over 5,000 busy bees to your class, students can enjoy and safe and up-close view of a working hive 🍯 - Want to book a Bug Buzz About Bees visit at your school? Click the link in our bio for more information! Or visit sagerfamilyfarm.com ........#fieldtripsandiego #fieldtripbayarea #sandiegoschooldistrict #classvisitssandiego #sagerfamilyfarm

Seen any monarchs in your garden recently? They’re migrating! Flying all the way from North American to warm Southern California and Mexico for the winter 🍃 Who else has been stocking up on milkweed and native plants for our Monarchs to enjoy?

The bees are busy collecting pollen from the Pygmy Date Palms this morning! Check out their pollen pants, it's a pale light yellow pollen 💛🐝 #sagerfamilyfarm #bigbuzzaboutbees #pollinatorweek #educational #bees

In honor of Pollinator Week, here is a unique view of a honey bee with red pollen in her pollen baskets! ♦️ A Pollen Basket is a special flat spot on a bee’s hind legs fringed with long curved hairs and is used to carry pollen. When a bee collects pollen, it uses nectar or honey to create a Pollen Pellet. The pellet is brought back to the hive and used to create "bee bread" in order to feed developing larvae! Why would this pollen pellet be RED? Flowers are known to create all sorts of different colored pollen, including yellow, orange, white, green, red, or even purple pollen pellets (say that three times fast!) 🌺 This red pollen comes from Rock Purslane (Calandrinia grandiflora)........#PollinatorWeek #Pollinator #bigbuzzaboutbees #fieldtripsandiego #NativePlantsCalifornia

A hot day to be in the bee suit, but it's always a good day in the @_filoli Gentleman's Orchard. #beekeeping #Filoli #rainbow

Honey is coming soon! The bees have been hard at work 🍯🐝

We're at the Pollinator Festival at Native West Nursery today! Stop by our table to smell the pheromones that bees use to communicate, see flowers how bees might see them, and maybe even spot our queen! #learning #educational #bees #pollinators

It’s World Bee Day! Today’s the day to give some much deserved praise to BEES! Bees have such an huge impact on our environment - from the beautiful plants that surround us, to the food on our plates! Without these industrious pollinators, our world would be a lot less colorful. Here at Sager Family Farm, we’re doing all we can to help our bees thrive, and teach explorers of all ages how important they are! Celebrate World Bee day by planting some flowers and exploring the nature that bees help create 🪻🌷🌻 #savethebees #worldbeeday #WorldBeeDay2024 #sagerfamilyfarm #bigbuzzaboutbees

Halloween might be over, but Coco the sheep is still enjoying leftover pumpkins!!! ❤️🎃 #holiday #treats #pumpkin #sheep #farm

Want to do your part for the environment? Plant flowers! It’s the easiest way to help bees an other pollinators do their job- and they’re not so tough on the eyes either 🌻 The best flowers for bees are lavender, sunflowers, and poppies! For this reel, we planted a few variations of different sunflowers. Stay tuned to watch them grow! #sagerfamilyfarm #nonprofitsandiego #savethenees #smallfarmsandiego

Our late planting of sunflowers is just starting to bloom, providing much needed pollen and nectar to hungry bees! #learning #educational #sagerfamilyfarm #pollinators #fall

The bees are loving the date palm blooms! They are very busy collecting pollen (check out the little balls of pollen in their pollen baskets in their back legs) I've noticed in the last few hive inspections, there is not very much nectar or bee bread (a pollen mixture fed to developing larvae). I've been slowly adding more pollinator plants to my garden, but, hopefully later in the season, the bees will be able to feast on my sunflowers! #learning #educational #pollinators #bees #garden #savethebees

Heihei the Silkie hanging with her best friend, Coco the sheep 🐔🐑 #farm ##bestfriends #learning #educational #chickens #sheep #babydollsheep #urbanfarm #backyardfarm

Make a Taste Sense Salad with us today at 3:30PM! It's a great lesson to watch with your littles - we'll be talking about sensory words to describe our food using our taste senses: sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami. We'll show students how to use measuring tools to create their own recipes at home (complete with free printable worksheets!) The speedily assembled salad shown here is a red butter lettuce salad with a creamy poppyseed dressing topped with goat cheese and pears. It includes all 5 taste senses! Learn more here: www.sagerfamilyfarm.com/digital-classes #learning #educational #cooking #cookingwithkids #kidscooking #kitchen #salad #healthy #nutrition #kindergarten #taste #senses @edibleschoolyard

Coco loves garden trimmings 🌿🐑 #learning #educational #sheep #babydollsheep #babydoll #farm #urbanfarm #backyardfarm #miniature #snacks

Coco and Marshmallow get VERY excited for breakfast. 🐑 Learn a little more about them today in our Digital Critter Tour! #learning #educational #sheep #babydollsheep #babydoll #miniature #animals #silly #farm #urbanfarm

Now I have some printable bee worksheets online! Check out this cute little writing practice bee, great for K-2 students. See all of my printables here: www.sagerfamilyfarm.com/worksheets There are just a few right now, but I'll be adding more as I post new digital classes. #learning #educational #printables #worksheets #kindergarten #writing #writingpractice #bees #savethebees #cute @bayarea_buzzies @thebeecause

The bees are enjoying a sweet sip of nectar from the lavender. So much is blooming right now, it's a great exercise break to go for a pollinator walk 😊🐝🦋 . . . . #learning #educational #pollinators #bees #savethebees #honeybees #science #insects

How do chickens stay clean? They take dust baths! They use their strong claws to kick dirt over themselves, then they fluff their feathers and roll around! This helps keep chickens clean by knocking tiny bugs like mites and lice off of their feathers and skin. Want to learn more cool chicken facts? Join us today at 3:30PM PST for our farm fun chickens lesson! https://event.webinarjam.com/register/7/3v4rya7 #learning #educational #chickens #kindergarten #digitallearning #onlineclass #distancelearning #elementaryschool #washyourhands

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About Sager Family Farm

My name is Kendal Sager, and I started my adventure into farming as a first grader on a class field trip to Hidden Villa. I was so inspired, that I have been volunteering or working in the nature education field ever since.

In 2011, I got my first farm critter: bees. Since, then I've steadily been adding to my suburban farm with chickens, fruits, veggies, and various crafts. Most of my critters live at my home, though I also keep beehives throughout my hometown of Los Altos, and the surrounding areas. I have a passion for teaching and I love sharing my experience through educational talks and events.

Check out my blog to follow my adventures in beekeeping, or take a look at the education page if you're interested in any of the classes, talks, or other fun activities I do.