Invisible Studio installs waterside bee house at Somerset hotel
Invisible Studio has unveiled the Beezantium, a lakeside apiary for honey bees in the grounds of The Newt hotel in Somerset. More
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Seven shelters for city-dwelling bees
As cities grow and bee populations continue to dwindle, designers are increasingly looking for ways to bring nature to urban areas. In celebration of World Bee Day, we've rounded up seven urban shelters for the vital insects. More
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Space10 shares platform for people to create "dream home" for bees
IKEA's research lab Space10 has developed a series of open-source bee homes that anyone can design themselves for free before having it made using a CNC machine. More
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Marlène Huissoud creates sculptural chairs as hotels for city-dwelling insects
French designer Marlène Huissoud asks humans to "Please Stand By" with her first chairs, which are designed to be refuges for insects. More
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IKEA upcycles furniture into colourful Wildhomes for Wildlife
IKEA worked with UK artists and designers to create this series of animal habitats, repurposed from the company's used furniture. More
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Matilde Boelhouwer designs artificial flowers to feed urban insects
Dutch designer Matilde Boelhouwer has designed a series of artificial flowers that turn rain into sugar water, to serve as emergency food sources for city-dwelling insect pollinators. More
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Refugio shelters aim to make solitary bees feel at home in cities
Mexico-based creative studio MaliArts has designed a series of three structures for solitary bees living in built-up areas to help welcome nature into urban environments. More
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Bee Saving Paper could bring the bee population back from the brink
A glucose-rich paper touted as an "energy drink for bees" could help prevent the endangered insects dying of exhaustion as they search for flowers. More
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Walmart files patent for autonomous robot bees
US supermarket giant Walmart is seeking to patent technology that would see drones pollinate crops like bees. More
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Synthetic Polleniser could help depleting bee population
Brisbane-based artist Michael Candy has proposed a method of artificial pollination using 3D-printed robotic flowers, in a bid to help increase the dwindling bee population. More
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The Synthetic Apiary lets bees enjoy year-round spring
Designer and researcher Neri Oxman's Mediated Matter group at MIT Media Lab has designed an artificial apiary that creates a constant spring-like environment for bees. More
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Francesco Faccin creates "micro architecture" for bees with Honey Factory
This wooden beehive by Italian designer Francesco Faccin has a 4.5-metre chimney to keep its inhabitants away from children and vandals (+ movie). More
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Snøhetta entices bees into Oslo with honey-coloured Vulkan Beehives
Norwegian architecture studio Snøhetta has designed a series of wooden hives for the roof of an Oslo food court to encourage bees to take up residence in the city (+ slideshow). More
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Bees could 3D-print "concrete honey" to form architectural structures
Writer Geoff Manaugh and designer John Becker have imagined a scenario in which genetically modified bees could be trained to print detailed concrete structures rather than produce honey (+ interview). More
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Bettina Madita Böhm creates Apiarium hive for urban beekeepers
Design graduate Bettina Madita Böhm has created a cylindrical concrete beehive for urban beekeepers to use on the roofs of city buildings. More
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Honey bees can be trained to detect cancer "in ten minutes" says designer
Dutch Design Week 2013: Portuguese designer Susana Soares has developed a device for detecting cancer and other serious diseases using trained bees ( + slideshow). More
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Honeycomb vase designer says whisky campaign "unabashedly exploits" his work
News: a designer who developed a technique for harnessing bees to create physical objects has accused a major brand of exploiting his work. More
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Skyscraper for bees by University at Buffalo students
High-rise living is no longer just for people. A team of architecture students from the University at Buffalo has recently constructed a skyscraper for a colony of bees (+ slideshow). More
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London Without Bees by Ben Kirk
Architecture student Ben Kirk has designed conceptual towers to replace the fast-declining bee population by shooting artificial pollinators into the air. More
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The Honeycomb Vase 2007 by Studio Libertiny
Tomáš Gabzdil Libertiny of Studio Libertiny has sent us images of his new series of Honeycomb Vases, which are made by bees. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More
