THE URBAN BEEHIVE PROJECT
a community project that highlights the importance of pollinators
The project features demonstration bee hives that encourage a hands-on-approach to bee education, allowing the public to see how honey is being produced and to learn about pollination and the industry of beekeeping. The hives are housed in Charlottetown’s largest Urban Garden – the PEI Farm Centre – which hosts a range of agriculture and community related activities. This is an ideal setting for a landscape that offers plenty of bee friendly pasture as well as beautiful vistas for visitors who are passing by on the adjacent trail. The hives are placed in individual sculptural structures which act both functionally – to provide a learning platform for the public – and aesthetically – to act as engaging public art that draws people to the site and creates a destination for bee education. The public can look inside the two windows (one child height and one adult size window) to see the bees working inside the plexi-glass hive.