Kick-off Honey Bank

Friday 22 June 2012, 5 pm
Location: Stroom Den Haag (backyard), Maziestraat 12-14, The Hague

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The Queen Bank, the Treasury of the Honey Bank, is is an artwork consisting of a wooden object in which 20 wonderfully coloured beehives are situated. In this Treasury twenty queens and some 200.000 bees are raised. In each hive lives one queen with her own bee colony. The Queen Bank is managed by Hague bee-keepers and primarily financed by Bee Savers with a Bee Savings Account and Bee Ambassadors. From Friday June 22, 2012 the Queen Bank is situated in Stroom's backyard in the Maziestraat (off Noordeinde).

Honey Bank and Queen Bank
The honeybee is the focus of the art projects Queen Bank and Honey Bank which the French artist Olivier Darné i.c.w. Emmanuelle Roule and Le Parti Poetique is developing on commission from Stroom Den Haag. Since more than ten years Darné has been fascinated by this intriguing insect, as a bee-keeper and artist. As a pollinator of flowers, trees and plants the bee plays a crucial role in our ecosystem.

Extra activities July - September 2012
In July (every Wednesday and Sunday afternoon 2-4 pm), the beekeepers of the Imkersvereniging Den Haag e.o. will be present at the Queen Bank in order to inform people about bee-keeping in the city and the raising of queen bees. In Augustus and September they will be present every Sunday afternoon, 2-4 pm.
 
The project is made possible in part by:
Fonds 1818, Imkersvereniging Den Haag e.o., Haags Milieucentrum; Pierre Gardent-Lisle and Sylvain Bonnet (construction Queen Bank)

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The Queen Bank at Stroom Den Haag
photo: © Olivier Darné
Opening Queen Bank on 22 June 2012
photo: Stroom Den Haag
Opening Queen Bank on 22 June 2012
photo: Stroom Den Haag
Opening Queen Bank on 22 June 2012
photo: Stroom Den Haag
Opening Queen Bank on 22 June 2012 (middle: Olivier Darné)
photo: Stroom Den Haag
The Queen Bank at Stroom Den Haag
photo: © Stroom Den Haag
The Queen Bank at Stroom Den Haag
photo: © Stroom Den Haag
The Queen Bank at Stroom Den Haag
photo: © Stroom Den Haag
6 June 2012: the first Honey Bank Queen bees are born
design Queen Bank
photo: Olivier Darné + Parti Poétique
design Queen Bank
photo: Olivier Darné + Parti Poétique
design Pollinator
photo: Olivier Darné + Parti Poétique