Seeking to help restore the world’s declining honey bee population, designer Rowan Dunford has created a simple, stackable beehive that makes it easy for anyone to raise bees. Dunford’s aptly named Urban Beehive is user-friendly, inexpensive, and can be flat packed to ship. Dunford’s straightforward design takes the guesswork out of raising bees, so it’s perfect for the beginner beekeeper.
Rowan Dunford‘s Urban Beehive kit is shipped flat and can be set up in a snap, IKEA furniture-style. Each modular unit is stackable, which makes it easy to expand from a small hive up to a larger colony. Bees enter the hive through a slit along the lower back of the hive, and they can begin building inside the cube. Dunford’s beehive comes with the option of customizable flair – the end caps are available in five different colors, so you can coordinate them to suit practically any urban terrace, yard or patio.
Dunford’s Urban Beehive seeks to spur individual citizens to help the dwindling bee population by taking matters into our own hands. Bees pollinate flowers and allow plants to propagate, so their importance to the environment cannot be overlooked. The Urban Beehive is a simple and easy way to support the longevity of bees that fits smartly into any garden.
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Hai all I am starting bee keeping for the first time in our area of around 69 km with lush greenery and part of it is forest in maharashtra india if any one can help me for traditional beehive making just now I got 10 bee hive from khadi gram udyog mandal who is govt organisation to createmployment for small farmer. You can send me your valuabel suggestions to mastifarm@yahoo.com.
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I am all for innovation but please don\\\’t let people think that honeybees are in decline in urban areas, The number of hives in London has doubled in the last four years and some now fear that the main problem is not having enough nectar and pollen for them. The modern urban beekeeper takes a stake in the environment in which their bees live which means planting for bees. There are big pressures on nectar and pollen in London and other valuable pollinators such as bumblebees get bounced out. They need our help. 34% of people go into beekeeping without ANY training so if you get funky hives like this make sure you know what you are doing!
Angela Woods
London Beekeepers Association
I am not too keen on the idea that this design uses plastic for the beehive, may cause some harm to the bees that are already stressed and dwindling in population. Has this product been tested?
In urban areas, honeybees are not really necessary for pollination, and the decline in commercial beekeeping stocks is not much of an issue (especially in North America, where they are an invasive species). It is native bees that are in distress, and weird new beekeeping equipment is not going to help them (may even hurt them, since many compete with honeybees for nectar and pollen).
Also, ordinary beekeeping equipment could not get much simpler, and this system is way more complicated and locks you into one supplier. I always recommend that my beekeeping students choose standard equipment that will last long and can be repaired easily.