Alvéole leverages bees on your commercial building to help you boost tenant engagement and achieve your sustainability goals.
Bring nature-based solutions to your building
Nashville, Music City, is experiencing rapid growth while striving to maintain its green character and commitment to sustainability. The city's parks and greenways support a variety of pollinators, and urban greening initiatives are expanding across the metro area. Native plants such as Tennessee coneflower, purple passionflower, and river oats thrive here, providing essential habitats for bees and butterflies.
Use your property to make a lasting impact on your community and city.
Nature-focused amenities
Foster a sense of attachment to the building with bee habitats and branded jars of honey from your own property.
Environmental workshops
From beekeeping 101 to bottling your own honey, you’ll have everything you need to make your building events unforgettable.
Sustainability initiatives
Earn green building certifications, foster environmental awareness, and support nature in the city.
Nature and biodiversity monitoring
Enhance your ESG report and make informed decisions to support biodiversity.
Fifth + Broadway
Fifth + Broadway, Nashville's premier mixed-use development, is home to rooftop beehives that connect tenants and visitors with urban nature. The program supports the development's sustainability credentials and provides a memorable experience for the building's diverse community of tenants and guests.
Why choose Alvéole?
Tenant subscriptions & event booking
Tenants subscribe to updates and book workshops directly. Your subscriber list stays current automatically.
Engagement & participation tracking
See attendance rates, repeat participation, and engagement trends by property, ready before renewal conversations.
Content library & templates
Pre-built email templates, event content, and photos, ready to use without building anything from scratch.
Biodiversity & hive data
Nature monitoring data structured for sustainability reports, GRESB submissions, and investor disclosures.
Frequently asked questions
Urban beekeeping in Nashville is regulated by city ordinances, requiring beekeepers to register their hives with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. The city also has guidelines for hive placement and maintenance to ensure public safety and peaceful coexistence with neighbors. Alvéole’s professional beekeepers manage all compliance with Nashville’s local and state regulations.
Urban beekeeping is safe, with many successful bee programs operating throughout Nashville. At Alvéole, we work with a special breed of Italian honey bees selected for their docility. Honey bees are gentle creatures who (almost) never sting without reason. Unless they feel threatened, bees have no motivation to sting – in fact, once they sting, they lose their stinger along with a part of their abdomen, and die.Wild bees are as peaceful as honey bees. They technically can sting, but they don’t. Docile and nonterritorial, they’re extremely gentle. Unless they’re being touched, they simply go about their business.
Alvéole's urban beekeeping program aligns with Nashville’s sustainability efforts, including initiatives to enhance green spaces, promote biodiversity, and foster environmental education. This program contributes to Nashville’s broader goals of building a more sustainable urban environment.