WAGNER is committed to protecting the environment and climate. For us, this also includes the creation of new, near-natural habitats that offer great ecological diversity - for example, a lush food supply for insects and other small creatures.
Our project "WOODY LOVES BEES" starts precisely here: It raises awareness for the increasing disappearance and extinction especially of honey and wild bees, bumblebees and butterflies. The aim of the project is to motivate as many people as possible to create new livelihoods for endangered species in a simple way that is easy for everyone to implement. Because: We all need bees!
From spring 2021, a two-part "WOODY LOVES BEES" bee pasture will be created on an area of approx. 12.000 m² on the WAGNER campus. It consists of a richly flowering and species-rich flower meadow of around 4.000 m² with a rich food supply for honey bees, wild bees, bumblebees, butterflies and numerous other endangered small animals. Directly next to it, yellow rape is also in bloom on an area of 8.000 m², which also provides a large supply of nectar and pollen for bees and other insects. At the edge of the flower meadow, five beehives have been set up, each of which is home to 60.000 honey bees, i.e. a total of about 300.000 bees. For wild bees and many other insect species, a large "insect hotel" at the edge of the flower meadow provides shelter, nursery and winter quarters. And for lizards, a new habitat is being created from quarry stones, sandstones, deadwood and small mounds of earth for egg-laying.