About 160,000 bees now call West End home, with the yellow buzzing insects housed on a building rooftop.

Bee One Third founder Jack Stone installed four beehives on the top of the Westpac Bank building on Boundary Street.

More than 150,000 bees are living across four hives at the West Village development at West End. Credit:File photo

The bees are part of a "green installation" at the $1 billion West Village development.

When complete, the 2.6-hectare West Village will include eight apartment buildings and about 13,000 square metres of retail and commercial space all linked by pedestrian and cycle laneways.