As part of the Discovering Manchester: Wildlife & Nature exhibition in Manchester’s Central Library, two of the display cabinets are devoted to the Manchester Bee, and this website. Written by Zamil Rahman and Hannah Donovan, the cabinets are a...
Created by the British Ironwork Centre, the Manchester Anti-Violence Bee Monument is built from thousands of firearms, knives, and weapons as an anti-violence monument. A follow-up to the earlier Knife Angel, the bee is a collaboration with Greater Manchester Police,...
‘There is something special in this old town,From Piccadilly Gardens to Ancoats, we’re proud,Folk are so busy but we still stop to chat,The Manchester Bee rests upon someone’s hat.’ The Manchester Bee is a new illustrated children’s book written by Peter...
A while ago, I had the pleasure of undertaking a Make a Manchester Bee Mosaic Class. Run by Amanada McCann, the craft class are organised through Airbnb. Running 4 hours long, the class starting point was the lobby of Manchester Art Gallery at 11am (the starting time...
The 22 Bee Project is an upcoming event to mark the anniversary of the Manchester Arena attack by covering the city with bees, drawn onto the doors and windows of local businesses. The project was created by Myroslava Coates (also known as Myro), an illustrator from...
Taking place this summer from July to September, Bee in the City will see Manchester hosting a huge public art exhibition. Organised by Wild in Art and supported by Manchester City Council, the free event will see over 80 giant 3-D honey bee sculptures dotted across...
