Experience BeeCenter
Four ways to get close to a living hive
Every programme in the Honey Garden runs on real hives, led by the beekeeper who opens them. The difference is who you come with and how close you want to get.
01The programmes
Everything we do here with guests
Dive into Hive is the full walk through the garden. Apitherapy is the quieter part of the same place. The family programme and birthdays work with children, each in its own way.
02What a visit looks like
From the gate to the tasting
This is the order of the Dive into Hive experience, which lasts 2 hours. The other programmes start from the same garden and the same hives.
Arrival and meeting the bees
A conversation first, with no gear. We explain what lives in the garden and what comes next.
The glass observation hive
A whole colony behind glass, right in front of you. This part is watched without a single piece of gear.
A real beekeeping suit
The suit, the hat and the veil are kept here and go on over your own clothes.
Opening the hive
The beekeeper lifts the lid and takes out a frame full of bees. That is when you first hear how loud a colony is.
The api chamber
A timber cabin in the garden. You lie on planks with openings, above live hives, so the warmth, the sound and the vibration come from below.
The tasting, and time in the garden
The honey comes at the end, and afterwards you stay as long as you like.
„There are places you visit. And there are places you remember.”
03After the hive
When the hive closes, the garden stays
The last part of every programme is time in the garden. The pallet amphitheatre, the open-air cinema and BeeFe, our bar, are still there once the suit comes off.
Above all of it stands the red-and-white silo chimney, and behind it the Danube bank. Every photograph on this page was taken here.
Questions that actually come in
What should I wear?
The beekeeping suit, the hat and the veil are waiting here and go on over your own clothes. You wear whatever is comfortable outdoors.
The garden is an open space with a wood-chip floor, so closed shoes work better than sandals.
Do the bees sting?
A sting is possible anywhere there are bees, here included. That is why the suit goes on, and why the hive is opened by the beekeeper and not by the guest.
If you know that you are allergic to stings, tell us in your enquiry before you come.
Is it safe for children?
Children get real gear, a hat and a veil, and they approach the hive with the beekeeper.
The glass observation hive is watched without any gear, because the colony sits behind glass. Put the children’s ages in your enquiry and we agree the programme in advance.
What if it rains?
The api chamber is a timber cabin, so that part is under a roof. Opening the hive depends on the weather.
If the weather does not allow the hive to be opened, get in touch and we arrange another slot.
Can the experience be given as a gift?
It can. Dive into Hive is sold through Airbnb Experiences and can be given as a gift.
Tell us in your enquiry who it is for and for which date, and we take it from there.
04Booking