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Your Smart Mealworm Farm

Sustainability tailored for your Home & School
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Close the Loop: your Zero Waste Home & School

The Hive Explorer Set guides kids and grown-ups through the journey of upcycling food waste with mealworms. Grow and harvest them for pet food or human food and collect their droppings as fertilizer for plants. We do not only offer the equipment, but also customised workshops and education programs that go way beyond mealworm farming!

For Learning

Kids are naturally fascinated by insects. Our learning materials and detailed guided curricula make it easy for teachers to use this to teach larger concepts like sustainability and climate change in their everyday lessons. 

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Sustainable Schools

Want to make your school go zero waste? We can help! We work with you to customise lesson plans, trainings and workshops as well as zero waste school programs.

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Zero Waste Homes

Start upcycling your food scraps at home to grow human food, pet food and fertiliser for your plants!

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Explore unlimited possibilities

From your home to your school: you can do so much with the Hive Explorer!

education exercises

Build an insect powered home air purifier

powered by microalgae, grown on insect dung
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Upcycle your kitchen scraps

Harvest Mealworms for Pets or Food
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Learn how to grow micro greens on insect dung

From food waste to edible greens
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Treat your plants with mealworm fertilizer

droppings from your mealworms
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Learn how to do bokashi composting

Treatment for wet food waste before feeding to mealworms
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What our customers say

Introducing the Hive to the students was the most intriguing and relevant action we had this year. It is such an effective way to taking STEM learning to the classroom.

Mr. Robinson, English & History Teacher/Global Campus Leader, Nord Anglia International School

It helps me create a little cycle at home: vegetable scraps become bug feed, bugs become source of protein.

Natalia, NL

We have embedded the Hives into our Occupation therapy program with elementary and high school students with special needs.
Our students integrate lessons from science, maths, and pre-vocational classes and the learning opportunities have far surpassed our expectations.

Ms Morgan, Morgan, OT MAEd, Transition Coordinator, Warren Woods Tower High School

It's fascinating breeding your own livestock, and it is cool seeing the life stages.

Theresa, AT

I like the idea, the product itself that it is compact; I would never think about growing worms at home without that, even though I tried at least once the mealworm dishes before.

Martin, USA
The Hive Explorer Set
The Hive Explorer Set
The Hive Explorer Set
The Hive Explorer Set
The Hive Explorer Set
The Hive Explorer Set
The Hive Explorer Set
The Hive Explorer Set

The Hive Explorer Set

$149.00
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Free shipping to the US, EU and most Asian countries.
This is a pre-order.
EU/USA: The units are being shipped currently and will be arriving at your doorstep by the first week of November.
Asia/Australia: Shipping takes around 1 week.
Free Shipping to most regions in USA, EU + Asia
*Don't forget to choose the right plug type for your region*

 
Start a sustainable ecosystem right at home and schools and grow protein and fertilizer to provide for your pets, yourself, and your garden.

What it includes :

  • The Hive Explorer Desktop Mealworm Farm
  • Automated Micro-Climate with Sensors, Safe Heatplate and Ventilation
  • 1 CleanAir Filter
  • 1 Hive Explorer Magazine
  • Science Experiment Pack (Magnifying Glass, 3 Petri Dishes, 3 Tweezers, & 1 Spoon)
  • Access to our Hive Community of Mealworm Farmers
  • Our unconditional love through personal online support (We speak English and German)

**For customers in the European Union, VAT will be charged at check-out. For customers outside of the European Union, VAT and taxes might be applicable at moment of import and the customer is responsible for any such import charges, by example applicable taxes, fees, VAT, customs including but not limited to sales, use, excise, or similar taxes levied under federal, state or local tax laws.

Please contact us if you cannot find your country in the list at check-out or in case of other questions about shipping. Our shipping costs cover a safe transportation, tracking and insurance.

Live Mealworms Starter Kit

Live Mealworms Starter Kit

$30.00
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Free shipping to the US, EU and most Asian countries.

We will be shipping the mealworms after you receive your Hive Explorer. This is a pre-order, the Hive Explorers are being shipped currently and will be arriving at your doorstep by the first week of November (USA, EU). Asian orders will be fulfilled sooner.

Shipping fee included: We ship from locations close to you only within EU, USA, China and Hong Kong.

Starter Kit with approximately 100g of live mealworms matching your Hive Explorer setup to get you right into growing. Instructions are of course included. We will coordinate your starter kit shipping with your Hive Explorer shipping. Please note that we will not ship individually ordered starter kits earlier than the first Hive batch shipment. We appreciate your understanding. Please refer to updates on shipping status of Hives.

Out of hygiene and safety reasons, we recommend to only consume the second generation of mealworms that you grow in your Hive Explorer. 

If you are allergic to shellfish, you might also be allergic to insects.

This will ship AFTER Hive Explorer is shipped. We will arrange shipping with you in order to make sure the live mealworms arrive healthily in your home.

*Starter Kit packaging is subject to variation. By purchasing, you agree to the following:
I understand that there is no guarantee of this shipment and I do not hold Livin Farms Ltd accountable. The livelihood of mealworms would be at risk depending on many factors including but not limited to the courier's handling and suppliers' handling. Even so, Livin Farms will take all precautions on arranging the package to you. All mealworms purchases are excluded from a refund, return, or exchange. Even though we do our very best to ensure safe and healthy arrival of your starter kit mealworms, we cannot guarantee the condition of mealworms arriving. 

The Hive Explorer Educator Bundle
The Hive Explorer Educator Bundle
The Hive Explorer Educator Bundle
The Hive Explorer Educator Bundle
The Hive Explorer Educator Bundle
The Hive Explorer Educator Bundle
The Hive Explorer Educator Bundle
The Hive Explorer Educator Bundle

The Hive Explorer Educator Bundle

$299.00
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Free shipping to the US, EU and most Asian countries.
This is a pre-order.
EU/USA: The units are being shipped currently and will be arriving at your doorstep by the first week of November.
Asia/Australia: Shipping takes around 1 week.
Free Shipping to most regions in USA, EU + Asia
*Don't forget to choose the right plug type for your region*

Get 15% off your purchase when buying the complete Educator bundle.
Learn more in-depth about sustainability, green technology and about all the superpowers of insects in nature. Start a sustainable ecosystem right at home  or in the classrooms and grow protein and fertilizer to provide for your pet, yourself, and your garden.

The Hive Explorer Educator Bundle includes:

      • The Hive Explorer Desktop Mealworm Farm
        • Automated Micro-Climate with Sensors, Safe Heatplate and Ventilation
        • 1 CleanAir Filter
        • 1 Hive Explorer Magazine
        • Science Experiment Pack (Magnifying Glass, 3 Petri Dishes, 3 Tweezers, & 1 Spoon)
        • Access to our Hive Community of Mealworm Farmers
        • Our unconditional love through personal online support (We speak English and German)

Plus:

      • Live Mealworm Starter Kit
        (only in supported regions EU, USA, China and Hong Kong)

      • 5 sustainability lessons
        Guided curriculum and exercises for 5 class or home lessons with exercises for download to print yourself

      • A0 poster
        a beautiful printed sustainability themed A0 poster


**For customers in the European Union, VAT will be charged at check-out. For customers outside of the European Union, VAT and taxes might be applicable at moment of import and the customer is responsible for any such import charges, by example applicable taxes, fees, VAT, customs including but not limited to sales, use, excise, or similar taxes levied under federal, state or local tax laws.

Please contact us if you cannot find your country in the list at check-out or in case of other questions about shipping. Our shipping costs cover a safe transportation, tracking and insurance.

Curriculum for Easy Sustainability Teaching

Curriculum for Easy Sustainability Teaching

$230.00
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Free shipping to the US, EU and most Asian countries.

*Product Download available in October*

Wondering how to get the most out of your educational work with Hive Explorer? We have developed a ready-to-go curriculum for you with 13 lessons and more than 25 hours run-time:

  • Hands-on exercises and worksheets
  • covering a variety of topics related to mealworm farming, insect eating, nitrogen cycles, growing of microalgae and cooking!
  • see more details on each lesson here
  • download a sample lesson here
  • see curriculum alignment to standards here

What's Included:

• Download of 13 fully developed lessons. Each of the lessons contains:

  1. Lesson Plan and Teacher Guide
  2. Lesson Presentation PPT + PDF
  3. Lesson Notes for Delivering the PPT without prior preparation
  4. Worksheet for hands-on exercises + Resources & Material List

• Standards aligned

• Vocabulary

• For use with the Hive Explorer Set or Hive Explorer Educator Set (Hive Explorer is not included)

 

Recommended Use:

STEM Classes, Biology Classes, Geography Classes, Liberat Studies Classes, Environmental Science Classes, Summer Schools, Workshops