Albert Einstein once said that humans “would not survive the honeybees’ disappearance for more than five years”. And we all know, in the past decade, bees have been disappearing at an alarming rate. Therefore, we wanted to take a practical approach and get involved in beekeeping. Since last summer two of our colleagues are guiding a group of students to keep bees and produce honey. Thanks to the Erasmus project, EU fonds could be used to purchase material for four bee colonies.
In the beekeeping course they learn about the life-cycle of bees, their behaviors and why we should protect them. What is really important for us, is that the students understand why bees are such an essential part of our environment (A third of our fruits and vegetables are pollinated by bees. Almonds are exclusively pollinated by bees). In order to facilitate a closer nature experience and enable the students to comprehend the ecological system, we work with the Pestalozzi teaching principle of „Learning with your head, heart and hand“. More and more teachers and students got interested in the beekeeping and so we soon want to cooperate with the arts classes.
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