Urban Beehives Get a Redesign

Calling all designers with a love for fresh honey: An international competition wants to figure out how to make beekeeping more accessible to city dwellers by redesigning the beehive. Announced on Tuesday by The Architecture Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to cultivating new ideas about urbanism and architecture, the competition will build on London's already-ambitious program to promote urban beekeeping in some of the city's densest neighborhoods.

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