BEECITY unites employees on the matter of biodiversity

 BeeCity’s approach focuses on Sustainable Development and actively researches consistency in the realization of its projects.

• Its approach follows the stages described below:

Before installing the beehives: pre-installation study on site (safety, location, bee-friendly environment), and administrative procedures (insurance, declaration of beehives and health monitoring).

Installation of beehives on site: installation of three hives of bees selected for their gentleness by the renting company, and nomination of a “beekeeping referent” to ensure contact with BeeCity; organization of a conference on how to raise awareness among employees to bee-related issues (pollination); comparing similarities between the way beehives are organized, and companies.

Monitoring of beehives and thematic workshops: 10 monitoring visits are performed for hives maintenance and monitoring of the bee colonies; for each hive visit, company employees have to participate and BeeCity is in charge of the facilitation of workshops about honey and bees. Multiple thematic visits are proposed from spring until wintering (discovery of three types of bees, their environment and functions; organization of a colony and that of a company…)

Honey harvest: in the companies, with the active participation of employees. Their children are also invited to the harvesting. The honey maturing, bottling and personalized labelling are performed at the BeeCity honey farm.

• A consistent approach:

- Beehives are made at the ESAT* Lys-lez-Lannoy with French PEFC** wood; 

- Net zero carbon footprint: 1 beehive installed = 1 tree planted in Nord-Pas-de-Calais;

- Local suppliers;

- Communication booklets are labelled Imprim’vert*** / have the Imprim'Vert label.

• Other on-going projects:

- Environmental monitoring using bees: Analysis of the quality of the environment (air, water and ground)

- Proposing companies to let flowers lie fallow in some areas, put birdhouses or insect hotels, replant bee-friendly hedges…

*ESAT (Etablissement et Service d’Aide par le Travail): Establishment for supported employment

** PEFC is a forest certification system (Forest management environmental label)

*** Imprim’vert is a label certifying that the printing has been done in an eco-friendly approach