Dom kulture Silosi · the Danube bank · Belgrade
A thousand square metres of a city that hums
BeeCenter is a beekeeping and education centre in the Silosi, on the bank of the Danube. In the Honey Garden we bring together urban beekeeping, nature, education and experiences for children, adults and companies.
1.000 m²of the Honey Garden
45bee colonies live here
5.200plants planted
1.500+children through our programmes
01What BeeCenter is
Behind the silos there was concrete. Now there is a garden.
The Honey Garden grew on the ground behind the Silosi that the GAIA Movement began returning to nature. In that new green space Dario and David Mardešić, brothers and beekeepers from Belgrade, built the apiary and the programmes that BeeCenter grew out of. Today the bees, the education and the events are all part of the same garden on the bank of the Danube.
Today there are wood-chip paths, a pallet amphitheatre, hand-painted wooden huts, a glass observation hive, the api chamber and the BeeFe bar.
02Experience BeeCenter
A suit, a hive and a tasting, in two hours
Guests put on a beekeeping suit and, with our beekeepers, step up to a hive and see it opened from close up. The glass observation hive, the api chamber and a honey tasting go with it. The programme lasts about two hours and you take part in every step.
The api chamber is a room built over live hives.You lie on the planks and, through the openings, feel the warmth, the sound and the vibration.
03B2B
Team building, events and partnerships
In the Honey Garden we run team building programmes, training sessions, business events and Family Day gatherings, and with companies we also develop CSR projects and corporate gifts. Every collaboration is shaped around the company, the number of participants and the goal of the event. The garden holds up to 250 guests.
Team building
Beekeeping team building on real hives.
Learning from bees
Bee a Team: business training inspired by the way a bee colony works.
Event space
The garden as a venue: up to 250 guests under an open sky.
CSR and ESG
Branded hives, planting, children’s education, bespoke projects.
Corporate gifts
Honey and bee products with personalised packaging for companies.
Family Day
A family day for employees and their children, up to 250 guests.
04Our largest project
The Hive of Knowledge, when nature becomes the classroom
The Hive of Knowledge brings the world of bees, of nature and of community closer to children through play and experience. We run the project with the Novak Đoković Foundation and the GAIA Movement, and more than 1,500 children from over 50 kindergartens have been through the programmes so far.
The programme is set up so that kindergartens can take part at no cost to parents, with the support of the project partners. Kindergartens join through the educational programme, and companies can support its growth.
05Bee facts
Two things about a bee that are rarely known
5
eyes on a single bee: two large compound ones at the sides and three simple ones on top of the head.
UV
light bees can see and we cannot: on a flower they read patterns invisible to the human eye.
06The garden in the evening
One garden, up to 250 guests and an open sky
Cocktails, launches, panels, team days, birthdays and weddings. Every photograph is from a real evening in this garden.
The strip moves sideways: drag it, use the arrows, or just scroll.
07Products · MadMed, since 2017
Honey and products from our beekeeping story
In the shop there are different kinds of honey, propolis, perga, royal jelly, pollen, beeswax products and gift boxes. For every product we state the origin, the composition and how it is used.
From the hive to a product whose contents and origin you know.
08What people say, verbatim
„Wow. Wow. Wow. The best place in the city!!!”„Neverovatan skriveni mali raj. Za svaku preporuku!”„A fully immersive experience where you can see, hear, touch and taste so much in just 2 hours!”They have already been here
09Stories from the apiary
What the garden teaches does not stay in the garden
We write down what we do and what we have learned: urban beekeeping, biodiversity, working with children and with companies.
Education
Women in beekeeping: 30 new beekeepers took their first step
A course in the basics of beekeeping made only for women. More than 70 applied, 30 completed the whole programme and left with their own beekeeping gear.
For companies
A team building day that does not end with one more lunch out
Beekeeping team building for groups of up to 50, and the whole Honey Garden available to companies that want to run their own programme for up to 250 guests.
For companies
A family day the children will retell at home
A family day for companies in the Honey Garden: nature, bees, play, learning and the attractions of Silosi Belgrade, for up to 250 guests.
Friends of the Honey Garden
Join a community that takes part in planting, education and actions for a greener city, and be among the first to hear what is happening in the Honey Garden. Membership is free.