Bees are a powerful metaphor for life; a lens through which we can explore art, design, science and culture. This course at Parsons School of Design, investigates the world of the honeybee in all of its complexity.

Through hands-on learning, readings, lectures, guest speakers, fieldtrips and design-led research, participants explore one of the most remarkable insects on the planet and how they relate to natural science, sustainable systems, social history, gastronomy, art and design. Informed by their research and learnings from the class, students produce a final project inspired by bees in the medium of their choice.

Through the School of Design Strategies, the course is offered as an undergraduate elective and attracts an inter-disciplinary cohort from across The New School. It fills up quickly with a robust waiting list.