Give your Orlando buildings an engagement program tenants talk about.
Why urban beekeeping works for Orlando buildings
Green Works Orlando is the city's sustainability framework, setting goals for green buildings, tree canopy, and livability on the way to 2040. 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 Orlando
A living amenity tenants actually use
Year-round events
Participation data that compounds
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Meet the neighborhood bees
CBRE brought Alvéole to Florida as part of a program it has run since 2019 across properties throughout the US. Same year-round schedule in every building, with nothing for the local facilities team to coordinate.
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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 Orlando and the greater Orlando area, including:
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FAQ
Florida makes this straightforward. Every beekeeper in the state must register their colonies with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which includes an apiary inspection. State law also preempts local governments from banning or restricting registered managed colonies, so the rules are consistent across Orlando and the surrounding municipalities. Alvéole handles registration, inspection, 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.
A rooftop program is a direct way to act on the goals in Green Works Orlando. Each honeybee hive is paired with wild bee habitat to support native pollinators, and Alvéole's biodiversity monitoring turns your building's nature data into reporting you can use for GRESB, BOMA BEST, LEED, WELL, and other certifications.
Central Florida's climate keeps something in bloom nearly year-round, so the foraging window is one of the longest in the country. That means tenant-facing events, hive tours, harvest days, and workshops can run across far more of the calendar than in colder markets.
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.
Not much changes. Orlando's mild winters mean the colony stays active and keeps foraging through the season, unlike hives in colder climates that cluster for months. Alvéole monitors and manages the hive year-round, and tenant programming runs right through the winter.
