Wild bees have been here longer than us. We just stopped making room for them.

By Alex McLean, Co-Founder & CEO, Alvéole

Most people have never seen a wild bee. Not because they're rare, but because we've built our cities in a way that makes them invisible. They don't live in hives. They don't make honey. They don't sting. They nest alone, in hollow stems, in soft soil, in the small gaps that used to exist everywhere and now barely exist at all.

And yet they're among the most effective pollinators we have. The problem isn't that wild bees can't survive in cities. The problem is that the habitat they depend on keeps shrinking.

That's the question we've been working on at Alvéole for a long time. Our honey bee programs have put hives on hundreds of rooftops across North America and Europe, and along the way we've watched something happen consistently: people fall in love with an idea they'd never thought about before. That the city they live and work in can be alive in a way that actually matters.

Wild bees were always part of that picture. That’s why we're launching the new Wild BeeHome.

It's a purpose-built habitat for wild pollinators, designed specifically for commercial properties. Galvanized steel construction, modular trays for parasite control, rear ventilation to manage temperature, integrated signage so the people who walk past it every day understand what they're looking at. Every installation connects directly to MyHive, so the biodiversity data it generates flows automatically into green building certifications submissions.

We've had Wild BeeHome installations running for three years now, across more than 500 buildings. We learned a lot about what actually works in the field, and this version reflects all of it. More durable, easier to monitor, and built to hold up in the kind of spaces commercial properties actually have.

It shows up on GRESB, BREEAM, and LEED v5 submissions. It gives tenants and investors something they can see on site, not just read about in a report. And it gives wild bees somewhere to go in a city that doesn't always leave room for them.

Curious to learn more? Email us at support@alveole.buzz 

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