Wild bees are disappearing at a rapid pace, because in many rural areas, conditions have become uninhabitable. They are seeking refuge in the city, so we call them RefuBees. Since 2014, we explored new forms of cohabitation between humans and bees through art interventions in public space, as part of a social-ecological action research. In concrete case studies, temporary sanctuaries emerge for specific wild bee species, while awareness grows of our complex interdependence. Through BeeTotems, the BeeCircus, and the campaign ‘Adopt a Wild Bee‘, urban residents are invited to take part in a larger narrative: protecting wild bees as an integral part of a long-term strategy for sustaining life as we know it.

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