Corporate beehive installation in Tours
Apiterra installs and looks after beehives on the roofs, terraces and green spaces of companies in Tours and throughout Centre-Val de Loire. A turnkey, zero-risk service run by professional beekeepers since 2010.
Request a quoteWhy install a beehive at your Tours site?
Installing corporate beehives in Tours provides organizations across the Loire Valley with an impactful way to strengthen their CSR strategy while protecting urban pollinators. Apiterra delivers a comprehensive turnkey beekeeping service, managing every step from initial site assessment to ongoing maintenance and educational events.
Tours boasts a thriving economic fabric anchored by services, healthcare, research, and manufacturing. Dynamic business districts such as Deux-Lions, Tours Nord, and surrounding commercial hubs host regional headquarters and modern corporate offices looking to lower their environmental impact. Setting up managed beehives within these facilities allows businesses to make their sustainability commitments tangible, unite team members around shared environmental values, and enhance their brand image with visiting clients, suppliers, and regional partners across the metropolitan area.
Flanked by the Loire and Cher rivers, Tours offers an exceptionally favorable setting for honeybees thanks to its mild climate and abundant greenery. Notable locations like the Jardin des Prébendes d'Oë, the Parc de la Gloriette, and natural riverbanks provide sustained forage throughout the season. From spring to late summer, black locust trees, urban lindens, orchards, and extensive city plantings supply varied sources of nectar and pollen, sustaining resilient colonies and high-quality seasonal honey harvests in a protected environment.
Corporate rooftops, landscaped office campuses, and green spaces surrounding industrial sites in Tours are ideally suited for professionally managed apiaries. Hosting beehives transforms corporate social responsibility policies into meaningful experiences through educational workshops and branded honey distributions. This initiative strengthens workplace engagement while demonstrating a clear, visible contribution to biodiversity conservation across the greater Tours metropolitan district.
Above all, it brings people together: hive visits, harvest days, the Apiterra mobile app and the Apinews keep every employee involved throughout the year.
How a project works in Tours
1. On-site feasibility study
An Apiterra beekeeper visits your Tours site with you to check location, access, exposure and safety.
2. Installation
Hives, colonies and signage are installed by our team. Personalisation is available (roof stickers, apiary sign, roll-up banners, totem).
3. Year-round care
Regular beekeeper visits, health monitoring with our expert veterinarian, and reports in the app.
4. Harvest & honey
Your honey is extracted and put in personalised jars with your company logo.
Zero risk, all legal obligations handled
- Hives placed away from passage areas, following regulatory distances
- Insurance, health register, DDPP declaration and apiary signage handled by Apiterra
- Partnership with INRAE and an expert veterinarian in bee pathology
- A real person reachable by phone, with a quick call-back
Discover our corporate beehive service ·Read our complete installation guide
Questions about beehives in Tours
Can corporate beehives be safely installed in modern commercial districts like Deux-Lions in Tours?
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Yes, office rooftops and landscaped grounds in districts like Deux-Lions are fully compatible due to nearby forage along the Cher river and municipal parks. Apiterra conducts a professional site assessment to guarantee safe hive placement and compliant year-round maintenance.
Do you really work in Tours?
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Yes. Apiterra installs and maintains corporate beehives in Tours and across Centre-Val de Loire, as in the rest of France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
Is there any risk for employees?
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Hives are installed in places away from passage areas after an on-site study. Bees fly up and out of the apiary and are not interested in people. Apiterra takes care of insurance and all legal obligations.
How much does it cost?
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Each project is different (number of hives, site, options). Request a quote and we will send you a personalised proposal.
What if we have no rooftop or garden?
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You can sponsor hives hosted in our Apiterra apiaries and still receive honey and news from your colonies.