City bees choose French cars

Katowice bees have gained a unique means of transport – the  BEEWAGON, a car adapted to transport bees, hives and beekeeping equipment. The automotive dream of bees came true thanks to the cooperation of the family company Pszczelarium, specializing in installing urban apiaries with the Pietrzak Group, which provided a properly configured Peugeot Expert model.

“The car for servicing urban apiaries must have certain parameters. Large space, air conditioning and reliability are obvious. The most important thing is that the loading space is safe for bees, and the materials from which the interior is made are relatively easy to clean. What we transport is sweet, and therefore sticky,” Łukasz Przybył, Urban beekeeper & PHP at Pszczelarium explained.

The beehive's loading space enables us to transport 10 hives or 1000 kg jars at a time. Although the car is registered for three people, it can carry up to 2.5 million passengers ... assuming that they are released loose bees. In fact, they are transported in specially secured hives.

The PSZCZELARIUM currently has one BEEWAGON, prepared and delivered by Peugeot Pietrzak. This year, the Silesian branch of the company plans to build about 20 new hives. The second BEEWAGON will soon appear on the streets of Warsaw.

(WBJ)