02/08/2026
Last month, Mlango Farm had the pleasure of welcoming 13 architecture students from Norway to build an apitherapy room in the farm's forest using entirely natural materials. The structure offers learners and visitors the space to safely listen to the hum of active beehives, observe the bees as they make honey, and even harvest honey jars built into the hives.
On the first day, the team of 13 met with Kamiti, the farm’s beekeeper to understand colony behavior, hive dynamics, and to ensure the design factors the safety and comfort of both the bees and human visitors. They showed up to the construction site on the 2nd day, supported by our natural builders, Bena, Selim, and Andersen to start digging, testing soil ratios, and make over 50 batches of cob!
Three weeks of hard work later, and the bee therapy room was ready - a functional outcome of collaboration and knowledge exchange.
This collaboration reflects Mlango Farm’s ongoing role as a space for practical learning and ecological innovation. By pairing classroom learning with on-the-ground work, we create opportunities where traditional wisdom and modern innovation can directly inform one another.
This project wouldn’t have been possible without the enthusiasm of all 13 students, our team, and the project lead, Frida Rydland Fossum , an architecture student who previously designed Mlango Farm's popular treehouse accommodation. Thank you to Fleur for documenting this process so beautifully.
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