The engineers, scientists, and beekeepers behind Primal Bee
The people behind the patent
Primal Bee began with two lifelong friends — an engineer and a manufacturing expert — who kept losing colonies in traditional hives and decided to rebuild the hive around the biology of the bee.
Gianmario Riganti
A mechanical engineer and former university researcher, Gianmario is the inventor behind Primal Bee's patented thermodynamic hive and the author of its hive–colony–environment interaction theory.
- Inventor on U.S. Patent No. 11,375,697 (thermodynamic hive system)
- MEng, Mechanical Engineering — Politecnico di Milano
- Former lecturer & researcher, SUPSI University of Applied Sciences, Lugano
- Researcher at the DynaMat dynamic-materials laboratory, Trevano
- 25+ years engineering across aeronautics, agri-food, and renewable energy
Alessandro Gamberoni
Alessandro pairs decades of high-precision manufacturing with hands-on beekeeping, turning the thermodynamic design into a hive that can be produced at scale without compromising on performance.
- Certified Master Beekeeper
- High-precision manufacturing & machine-tool consultant
- Aerospace & marine engineering programs at Leonardo Helicopters, Luna Rossa (America's Cup), and GE Turbine Systems
- Leads production engineering and material selection for the hive system
The scientists and writers behind our research
From entomology to editorial, the people who pressure-test our claims and turn field data into guidance beekeepers can use.
Dr. Jason Graham
Specializes in honey bee and native bee conservation biology, ecology, and nest dynamics — grounding the hive's design in real colony behavior.
Magda Cychowski
Author of the majority of the Primal Bee blog, translating field research and engineering into practical guidance for beekeepers.