BeeAware
Data Design/Interaction Design/Installation Design
“Save the Bee...but which to save?”
Bee population declining issue has been a global issue in recent years and innumerable of organisations urge the public to pay attention to it. With all the mass communication by media among the world, we the audiences are clearly aware of the cause of it, which always circle back to human destruction of environment.
While numerous of activists, volunteer groups and institutions try to advocate a revolution for bees, the wide-known genre, honey bees naturally receive all the attentions from it; yet, are you aware of the fact that honey bees were originally imported to this honey kingdom Australia from Europe for economic purpose? Undoubtedly these managed bees have been giving tremendous contribution to this country economically: The number of beekeepers and beehives in Australia is increasing every year; the export of honey is on the rise but every coin has a flip side.
As a matter of course minorities are often underseen, in this case, native bee is what we are looking at. Native bees are facing the issue of downsizing due to the threat by invasive newcomer honey bees. European honey bees can outcompete native fauna for floral resources, disrupt natural pollination processes that cause the declining of biodiversity in Australia. A small fun fact to share, there are over a thousand types of native bees in Australia, but have you even noticed the existence and striking issue of declining of native bee?
Dissect our beehive box that filled with comparative and static data about honey bee and native bee. Be immersed in the busy bee buzzing environment to endorse and protect these hard workers with us.
