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What we have found out.
Every RefuBees publication comes with a short version that anyone can read, alongside the original. For residents, journalists, designers and policymakers.
Essay · 2027 The city as a pollinator refugeWhy the number of wild bee species in Amsterdam is growing, and what the city should do about it. To appear in Landschap. Read · 3 min → Essay Regenerative social sculptureArt that restores the city, for wild bees and for the people who live there. Read · 3 min → Research · 2024 Applied research in the EUWhat research in Europe says about wild bees in the city, and what RefuBees adds to it. Read · 14 min → Art and science TotemismAncient rituals that bind a group together, and what they mean for a neighbourhood that cares together. Read · 5 min → Art and science Art and scienceWhy an artist works with ecologists, and what each side gains from it. Read · 3 min → Article · 2026 The city as ecological infrastructureNot more green, but the right place. Written for De Blauwe Kamer. Read · 2 min → BeeTotems BeeTotems and social cohesionHow caring for a bee connects neighbours with one another. Current page → BeeTotems Circularity on your own doorstepKitchen scraps, worms and compost: the cycle of life inside the totem. Current page → Research Practical research: urban solutionsMethods for designing temporary refuges in the city. Current page → Data The 104 zones of AmsterdamMap and commentary based on the field survey of 1998–2015. Coming soon
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