Corporate beehive installation in Zurich
Apiterra installs and looks after beehives on the roofs, terraces and green spaces of companies in Zurich and throughout canton of Zurich. A turnkey, zero-risk service run by professional beekeepers since 2010.
Request a quoteWhy install a beehive at your Zurich site?
As Switzerland's primary economic engine, Zurich combines international business leadership with an exceptionally green landscape ideal for sustainability initiatives. Apiterra delivers turnkey corporate beekeeping services, handling the professional installation and year-round management of hives for organizations across the canton.
Zurich's commercial vitality stretches from the historic financial district around Paradeplatz to modern innovation hubs like Zürich-West, Oerlikon, and corporate parks near Zurich Airport. Global financial institutions, technology firms, and corporate headquarters occupy state-of-the-art facilities in these business districts. Introducing corporate beehives into these working environments provides companies with a tangible way to enhance their premises, engage employees around shared environmental values, and demonstrate measurable sustainability commitments within Switzerland's foremost business community.
Nestled along the shores of Lake Zurich and bisected by the Limmat and Sihl rivers, the city features an exceptionally rich ecological network. Landmark public spaces such as Rieterpark and Platzspitz, combined with the city's botanical gardens and the surrounding slopes of Uetliberg, supply bees with continuous floral resources from spring through late summer. The regional temperate climate supports diverse urban vegetation, offering honey bees reliable sources of nectar and pollen away from agricultural monocultures.
Corporate rooftops, landscaped campus courtyards, and administrative grounds across Zurich provide secure and accessible settings for honey bee colonies. Hosting hives on corporate real estate aligns seamlessly with local CSR strategies, helping companies actively promote urban biodiversity while offering employees a tangible, inspiring connection to nature right at their workplace.
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 Zurich
1. On-site feasibility study
An Apiterra beekeeper visits your Zurich 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
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Questions about beehives in Zurich
Are Zurich's urban and commercial districts suitable for keeping honey bees?
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Yes, the city's extensive network of public parks, riverbanks, and lakefront green spaces provides abundant, diverse floral forage from early spring to late summer. Honey bees thrive in these urban corridors, which are free from intensive agricultural treatments.
Do you really work in Zurich?
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Yes. Apiterra installs and maintains corporate beehives in Zurich and across canton of Zurich, 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.