Design for Pollinators

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In this course, students will learn the basic principles of beekeeping and work in groups to design and construct beehives for honeybees and other pollinators. These designs will be released as open access designs for anyone to use. Course discussions will cover the basics of pollination and ecological hive management, hive designs around the world according to community needs and local plenty vs material scarcity, hive designs tailored to specific pollinators, and principles of open access and inclusive design. We will work in Tulane’s MakerSpace.