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Hello UrbanBEE community, On the 1st of October 2025, the citizen science component of UrbanBEE South Africa officially launched and we have already completed Week 1 of data collection! See the maps attached to see how bee hotels across the cities of Johannesburg and Cape Town are slowly becoming populated with solitary bees. While Cape Town does appear to have slow occupancy rates, Johannesburg is already seeing numerous hotels with one, or even multiple, little residents. B

We are extremely excited to have received the bee hotels for the cities of Johannesburg and Cape Town! Thank you so much to Tutus Loco...

Read the "Featured Researchers"  article about Chevonne Reynolds in the latest Curiosity issue from The University of the Witwatersrand!

The Jozi Bee Hotel Project started during the pandemic in 2021 in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. The...