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News and events
From the first symposium to the fifth totem.
Openings, symposia, collaborations and stories from host families, in chronological order. The newest is at the top.
Totem2025Ivy bee gets a totem in LeidenAt Leiden Centraal station, with a bee hotel for ground-nesting bees.
Totem2025Hortus totem for the mignonette yellow-face beeTogether with the Hortus Botanicus, opposite Artis.
Opening14 August 2024Dedication of the BeeTotem in RaitenhaslachThe children wanted it – the teachers wanted it – the university wanted it – the Salzburg Museum wanted it – the local community wanted it –…
Video2 May 2024Gaston’s unexpected storyAfter the presentation at the AMS conference ‘Reinventing the City’, a student came up to me...
Article11 April 2024Intervention art: vision made tangibleA survey of art projects involving bees reveals a rich palette of creativity and areas of focus.
Video23 January 2024Evaluation conversation with hostsEvaluation conversation with hosts Marleen and Hermingard about the BeeTotem project on the Admiralengracht…
Symposium18 September 2023‘Front-runner’ symposium at De BalieDe Balie is a prominent platform for discussions about art, culture and politics in Amsterdam.
Symposium5 September 2023Symposium: Creating optimal urban living conditions for the RefuBeesLocation and setting: Raitenhaslach monastery as an ideal backdrop. We are organising a multidisciplinary symposium to explore how we can design ‘cities as…
Video17 September 20233D scanning at TU DarmstadtThe Dutch natural history museum Naturalis in Leiden has generously provided us with the original specimens of the 104 wild bee species that occur in…
Collaboration14 June 2023Collaboration with the town of BurghausenA chance encounter: a keen interest in RefuBees. We had the honour of receiving an invitation to a lobby visit to the Bavarian…
Video19 September 20213D printing structures with HB3DVideography Frank Theys 3D structure printing HB3D.
Video19 September 2021Printing bees with 3D OrbitVideography Frank Theys Bee printing 3D…
Video19 September 2021Assembling the 3D beeVideography Sjaak Hartog Assembling the 3D…
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