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Frankfurt am Main, 25.06.2018 12:00:00

On Friday, June 22, 2018, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management officially introduced its bee project on the north terrace of the campus to the public. Professor Dr Nils Stieglitz, President of the business school, welcomed the guests, including Priska Hinz, Hessian Minister for Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection.

“Sustainability as well as careful handling of our resources becomes more and more important. Hence, we tried to build our new campus as sustainable as possible. Because of that I am very happy to officially welcome our bees at Frankfurt School”, said Professor Dr Nils Stieglitz. In his speech he emphasised the importance of bees for the whole ecosystem as the animals are responsible for rich harvests and biodiversity.

Minister emphasises importance of biodiversity

On behalf of the federal state of Hesse Priska Hinz praised the bee project at Frankfurt School. “All of us should help to support our biodiversity – bees are essential for our ecosystem. Therefor, it is very important to promote honey and wild bees”, explained Priska Hinz.

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Beekeeper Antonio Gurliaccio, Minister Priska Hinz and Professor Dr Nils Stieglitz

Following, all attendants could try the first FS Campus Honey. Already in the first weeks, the bees have produced 70 kilograms of honey.

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Mediacoverage

Several media outlets reported about Frankfurt Schools´ bee project – amongst them the Hessenschau (starting 00:20), the Frankfurter Rundschau as well as the Frankfurter Neue Presse.