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    An expert's argument against beehives in cities features in today's Dezeen Agenda newsletter

    The first edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter features honeybee specialist Paula Carnell, who says that putting beehives in cities is "very dangerous to other pollinators". More

    Karen Anderson | 15 February 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Putting beehives in cities is "very dangerous" to other pollinators says bee expert Paula Carnell

    Architects should include wild areas in their projects, plant trees in the ground rather than in pots and discourage urban beekeeping to encourage biodiversity, according to one of the world's leading bee experts. More

    Marcus Fairs | 8 February 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Study finds cities lack green spaces to support "unsustainable" beekeeping boom

    The rapid rise in urban apiaries is exceeding the amount of greenery available to feed both honey bees and other pollinators, according to a study from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 27 January 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Bee bricks become planning requirement for new buildings in Brighton

    A planning law introduced in the city of Brighton and Hove, England, calls for new buildings to include special bricks that provide nests for solitary bees. More

    Amy Frearson | 24 January 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Neri Oxman's Synthetic Apiary II shows how beehive construction "is a responsive and dynamic process"

    In this article prepared as part of Neri Oxman's contribution to the Dezeen 15 festival, the architect and designer describes a synthetic apiary designed to study how honey bees collaborate to build comb structures.

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    Neri Oxman | 19 November 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Invisible Studio installs waterside bee house at The Newt in Somerset hotel

    Invisible Studio has unveiled the Beezantium, a lakeside apiary for honey bees in the grounds of The Newt in Somerset hotel in England. More

    Amy Frearson | 5 October 2021 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Natashah Hitti | 20 May 2020 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Natashah Hitti | 20 May 2020 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Natashah Hitti | 8 October 2019 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 21 March 2019 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Natashah Hitti | 12 November 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Natashah Hitti | 30 October 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 1 June 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Amy Frearson | 20 March 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Gunseli Yalcinkaya | 19 February 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Emma Tucker | 26 October 2016 | 8 comments
  • 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

    Dan Howarth | 1 July 2015 | 3 comments
  • 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

    Dan Howarth | 27 August 2014 | 2 comments
  • 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

    Dan Howarth | 27 July 2014 | 15 comments
  • 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

    Amy Durrant | 16 May 2014 | 5 comments
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