Hi there,

For those that haven't seen my previous post my name is Neil, I am a Product Design student at Brighton University.

It is very true that I know very little about beekeeping, nothing before 2 weeks ago in fact. However, the local beekeepers I have spoken to, and the fact that most replies on the forums I have posted have said they are not afraid of bees leads me to think that a home beehive is not a completely ludicrous idea.

It doesn't matter too much for the project in any case. The major aspect of the project is the emotions a person might recieve from the product I design. A fear of bees is not too uncommon, therefore my design will attempt to give people a positive emotion to counteract this negative one, it could be fun, playful, or friendly, or maybe have a calming, soothing influence.

I have done a number of concept sketches, if you are interested follow the link to photobucket to view them, I would be very interested to hear what you think, particularly which design you would most like to have in your own garden - and why if you have the time and inclination. From this I can make a choice of which to develope further. Please try to view each design independent of its colour, as that can be altered easily, although any comment of colour will be very useful.

Photobucket link: http://s235.photobucket.com/albums/ee37/wes-buda/

Thankyou very much for taking the time to read this and reply.