University of Guelph Honey Bee Research Centre

The new Honey Bee Research Centre at the University of Guelph, Ontario College of Agriculture will be an iconic, state- of-the-art research and event centre dedicated to honey bee health. Located within the Guelph Arboretum, the HBRC will be a living lab focused on research, education, discovery, and learning from honey bees. This mass timber, low-carbon project demonstrates sustainability while reflecting a vision and architecture of collaboration, ingenuity, and efficiency. Supporting flexible research and education for all ages, the HBRC will welcome children, students, and scholars from around the world, and will contain a large, multi-functional Discovery and Learning Space, Exhibition Area, Research & Extraction Labs, Classrooms, a Café, and Gift Shop.