Service

Catch of Swarms Service

If you experience a swarm let me know where it settles. I'm happy to come and catch it.

Contact: bees@stadtbienenhonig.com or via IG

Beeswax

Bees produce beeswax to build their combs. The raw material is nectar. When there is a nectar flow, a sea of waves of white honeycombs will be formed overnight. The transformation from short-lived to long-lived has taken place. My bees build their own combs, so I can collect pieces of wax and melt them. Small wax blocks are hard like stone. Each block of wax has a different color and a fine scent. The beeswax is used for making candles (that are not for sale). The candles are part of my candles-collection.

Each candle weighs 250 grams. That's the amount of wax I harvest per hive per year. So for me, one candle represents the existence/memory of one hive each year. So far, there are about 160 candles of the past 17 years.

Contact: bees@stadtbienenhonig.com

Workshops

In Berlin I offered a variety of courses. In Rome, not yet. But I helped installing apiaries+workshop in beautiful places: one apiary in Topolò, Friaul and the next one will be in Abruzzo, Monti della Laga.

I offered hikes that explain the biodiversity of the area surrounding the hives. We visited the beehives on the roof and afterwards we walk a path which is in the flight circle of the bees. I explain the urban nature that can be found along the way. (Costs approx. 25 Euro per participant)

Wandering Encounters - a workshop format with Rosario Talevi. We will read text excerpts on the different phases of the bee year. Meeting place is either at the apiary or in the workroom. For the work on the bees we read texts e.g. about the planetary turn. (Costs approx. 50 - 75 Euro per participant)

Contact: bees@stadtbienenhonig.com