Give your Edmonton buildings an engagement program tenants talk about.
Why urban beekeeping works for Edmonton buildings
Edmonton makes biodiversity a City Plan priority through Greener As We Grow, its commitment to protecting land, air, water, and biodiversity as the city develops, backed by two million new trees by 2030.
A rooftop hive program is a direct, on-property way for your building to take part: it adds pollinator habitat, generates biodiversity data you can report against GRESB, BOMA BEST, and WELL, and gives tenants a program they actually engage with.
How an urban beekeeping program works in Edmonton
A living amenity tenants actually use
Year-round events
Participation data that compounds
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Meet the neighborhood bees
Edmonton International Airport is home to a honey bee hive and two wild bee habitats. The program supports the airport's sustainability strategy and its engagement work.
Environmental data from the program helps the YEG team monitor biodiversity around the property and report on their impact, while workshops give them a way to engage employees and travellers and spread environmental awareness across their community.
Turning your hives into insight
Data collection and instant reporting
Remote sensing establishes baseline indicators across your portfolio, while onsite monitoring (bioacoustics and eDNA) captures species presence and habitat quality at each property. That data feeds directly into TNFD, CSRD, and GRESB reports, generated in minutes from pre-filled templates, with audit trails showing exactly where each number comes from.
Portfolio dashboard and AI agent
See biodiversity trends across all assets, benchmark each property against portfolio average, and export site-level data for individual disclosures. Ask the AI agent questions about TNFD requirements, GRESB scoring, or site-specific risks, and get answers that reference your actual portfolio data and current framework standards.
We service hives across Edmonton and the greater Edmonton region, including:
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FAQ
Edmonton permits beekeeping on commercial and multi-unit properties under its Animal Care and Control Bylaw, with an urban livestock licence. Beekeepers must also register annually with Alberta's Provincial Apiculturist, which is free. Alvéole handles the licence, registration, siting, and compliance for every install.
Yes. Alvéole keeps Italian honey bees, a breed known for its docility. Honey bees are not aggressive away from the hive and rarely sting unless it's disturbed. Our beekeepers site hives away from high-traffic rooftop areas and manage all hive access, so tenants interact with the program through workshops and events, not the hive directly.
Edmonton's foraging season runs roughly May through September, and Alberta's strong nectar flows make for productive summers. That window is also when most tenant-facing events land, hive tours, harvest days, and workshops, so the program's busiest stretch lines up with the season buildings actually want tenant programming.
Urban beekeeping has grown steadily in Edmonton since the city legalized it. Alvéole sites hives based on local forage density rather than adding to already-busy blocks, and pairs each honeybee hive with wild bee habitat to support native pollinators too, not just honeybees.
They stay in the hive. Honey bees don't hibernate or migrate. Through Edmonton's long, cold winter, the colony clusters tightly around the queen and lives off the honey it stored through summer. Before the cold sets in, Alvéole winterizes each hive with insulation and confirms the colony has enough stores to reach spring. Tenant programming keeps running through winter with indoor workshops, and hands-on hive visits pick back up once the colony is active again.
