Give your Sacramento buildings an engagement program tenants talk about.
Why urban beekeeping works for Sacramento buildings
Sacramento sits in one of the most bee-diverse regions in the country. It was one of seven cities in the UC Berkeley and UC Davis Urban California Native Bee Survey, a multi-year study that found city gardens across the state support a rich diversity of native bees. Add the American River Parkway, Capitol Park, and the deep tree canopy that earned Sacramento its City of Trees name, and hives here have real forage within range.
Local policy backs it too. California's AB 363 took neonicotinoid pesticides off retail shelves for non-agricultural outdoor use starting in 2025, cutting a common source of harm to urban pollinators. And Sacramento's 2025 Urban Forest Plan commits the city to nearly doubling its tree canopy, from 19% to 35% by 2045, expanding the green infrastructure bees forage on.
How an urban beekeeping program works in Sacramento
A living amenity tenants actually use
Year-round events
Participation data that compounds
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Meet the neighborhood bees
From downtown to the riverfront, bees have moved onto some of Sacramento's most recognizable properties. The Sheraton Grand Sacramento, Park Tower, the CalSTRS headquarters at 100 Waterfront Place, the Centene campus, and Basin Street's White Rock Corporate Campus all run programs with Alvéole. Six Sacramento properties, one program.
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 Sacramento and the Greater Sacramento area, including the following communities in California:
- Roseville
- Folsom
- Elk Grove
- Rancho Cordova
- Citrus Heights
- Davis
- West Sacramento
- Rocklin
- Carmichael
- Fair Oaks
- Orangevale
- Arden-Arcade
- El Dorado Hills
- Woodland
- Lincoln
- Galt
and more...
Alvéole in the media
FAQ
Yes. California requires every beekeeper to register their hives annually with the county agricultural commissioner, so in Sacramento that means registering with the Sacramento County Agricultural Commissioner. The city permits hives on commercial properties with standard placement rules. Alvéole handles registration, siting, and compliance for every install.
Sacramento's tree canopy and river parkways give the region strong forage, but siting still matters. Alvéole places hives based on local forage density rather than adding to already-busy blocks, and pairs each honey bee hive with wild bee habitat to support California's native pollinators too, not just honey bees.
Sacramento's warm, dry summers and mild winters give a long foraging window, roughly February or March through October, starting with the Central Valley's early spring bloom. That stretch is also when most tenant-facing events land, hive tours, harvest days, and workshops, so the program's busiest season lines up with when buildings actually want tenant programming.
Yes. Alvéole keeps Italian honey bees, a breed known for its docility, and honey bees are not aggressive away from the hive, rarely stinging unless it's disturbed. Alvéole's 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.
Yes. Alvéole's program contributes to BOMA 360, BOMA BEST, BREEAM, Fitwel, GRESB, LEED, and WELL, through pollinator habitat, tenant engagement documentation, and biodiversity monitoring.
Not much changes, and not for long. Sacramento winters are cool and wet rather than harsh, so the colony clusters loosely around the queen only on the coldest, foggy days and still gets flight days through much of the season. Before winter, Alvéole confirms each colony has enough stored honey to get through, and hive visits continue for most of the season, picking back up in full once the spring bloom begins. Tenant programming keeps running year-round.
