Save The Bees

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Our mission

More bees. More life.

Save The Bees connects people with community hives and the habitat work that helps wild bees. Adopt The Bees is our first platform.

Honey bees clustered on honeycomb.

Why we do this

Bees help grow our food and our wild places.

Honey bees pollinate fruits, nuts, and vegetables. Animals such as bees pollinate most flowering plants.

Bees are under pressure.

Habitat loss, intensive farming, pesticides, pests and diseases, and climate change all weigh on them. The conservation page explains these pressures and names its sources.

We start where you live.

We pair community hives in your city with habitat work for wild bees. You can register interest in a hive, volunteer near you, or learn how bees live.

The people who lead the company

  • Greg Shved

    Chief executive

    Greg leads Save The Bees. He is a beekeeper and director of revenue. His record names Exchange Bees, 2022.

  • Justin Lo

    Vice president of technology

    Justin leads technology at Save The Bees. He holds a bachelor's degree in biology and a bachelor's degree in computer science.

  • Steven Mott

    Vice president of beekeeping

    Steven leads beekeeping at Save The Bees. He has more than nine years of experience with bees.

  • Koby Hagen

    Vice president of research

    Koby leads research at Save The Bees. He is a PhD candidate.

  • Mars Patrick

    Vice president of sales

    Mars leads sales at Save The Bees. He has more than five years of experience with bees.

How the model works

We track managed honey bees and native habitat work separately.

Managed honey bees

Managed honey bees are the economic engine. Partner beekeepers receive hive assignments and submit updates. We review those updates before we publish them as Hive Notes.

Native habitat work

Native habitat work is a separate project with its own activities, evidence, and outcomes. Honey-bee activity helps fund habitat, plants, nesting resources, monitoring, and education for wild bees.

Honest numbers

Species totals on this site describe data coverage, not conservation impact. Documented counts are evidence-based minimums. Low counts may mean data gaps, not few bees.

We label sample campaigns and development previews. They are not live totals or proof. Platform impact will come from published campaigns only. We do not publish an impact figure on this page.

For-profit, not a charity

We operate Save The Bees as a for-profit company. Payments are not charitable donations and are not tax deductible unless we identify a separate eligible partner.

Privacy of locations

Public updates must be suitable for adopters. Private inspections, exact locations, and customer data use separate access. The general area may be public while the exact hive location may stay private.

NVIDIA Inception Program

NVIDIA Inception Program

Save The Bees is a member of the NVIDIA Inception program.

Contact

Questions about adoption, campaigns, or this site can reach us by email. Interest forms on this preview site collect no payment.

bees@savethebees.com

Photo credits

Every photo in this list is public domain or CC0. We list credits as a courtesy to authors and sources.

  • Honey bee on red zinnia flower (D4114-1)

    Peggy Greb, USDA/ARS · Public domain

    Source on USDA ARS

  • Steens Mountain - Wildflowers at Kiger Gorge Overlook, 2016 (28665068812)

    Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington from Portland, America · Public domain

    Source on Wikimedia Commons

  • Apis mellifera on a fennel flower

    Joselodos · CC0

    Source on Wikimedia Commons

  • Blue orchard bee pollinates Zinnia

    Scott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain

    Source on Wikimedia Commons

  • Woolly verbena is a wildflower that can be found throughout Kansas Cattle won't eat it because of its bitter taste! (19748407942)

    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Midwest Region · Public domain

    Source on Wikimedia Commons

  • Beekeeper Inspecting the Hive - 51084099207

    Bruce Dupree, Alabama Cooperative Extension System · CC0

    Source on Wikimedia Commons

  • Pollinator Festival at USDA Farmer's Market and Night Farmers Market) (20150619-OSEC-LSC-0227)

    U.S. Department of Agriculture · Public domain

    Source on Wikimedia Commons

  • Queen Bee (16545241268)

    U.S. Geological Survey from Reston, VA, USA · Public domain

    Source on Wikimedia Commons

  • Blanket flower in an urban pollinator garden in Chippewa County, Michigan

    Madeleine Cantu, USDA · Public domain

    Source on Wikimedia Commons

Engraving credits

The Bee anatomy tab shows engravings from three printed books. All three books are in the public domain. We cut each figure from its page, remove the printed letters and numbers from it, and keep only the ink. We list the books as a courtesy to the authors and the libraries.

  • Persio tradotto in verso sciolto e dichiarato (Rome, 1630), page 52, "Descrizzione dell'Ape"

    Francesco Stelluti · Public domain

    Source on the Internet Archive

  • The anatomy of the honey bee (US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, Technical Series 18, 1910)

    R. E. Snodgrass · Public domain

    Source on the Internet Archive

  • Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes, volume 5 (Paris, 1740), plate 22, figure 4

    René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (engraved by Cl. Lucas) · Public domain

    Source on the Internet Archive

Video credits

The film at the top of the Home page joins 8 short clips from Pexels and Pixabay. We cut, slow, and color each clip. The clips are not in the public domain. We use each clip under the license of its site. The licenses do not ask for a credit. We list the clips as a courtesy to their authors.