It's finally here: a guide to setting up a school apiary! The experienced beekeeper Undine Westphal, who has been running a school apiary in Hamburg-Bergstedt for several years, describes how such a project can be successfully set up and implemented in an extremely competent, data-rich and often amusing way. In the first part, the reader learns everything worth knowing about the planning: how school management, staff and parents can be won over to the idea, what sustainable financing and effective public relations work should look like, what needs to be considered when procuring materials and much more. Another part deals with the question of how to integrate school beekeeping and bee science into the school organization in a meaningful way. Finally, the extensive collection of practical and original teaching ideas for all age groups is particularly valuable, providing both teachers and beekeepers who are still inexperienced in teaching with many suggestions. Undine Westphal's wealth of experience is enormous and her explanations leave no question unanswered. This long overdue textbook encourages anyone who wants to beekeep with pupils in a truly sustainable way to take the plunge and set up a school apiary.

- Marion Wagner, beekeeper and teacher at the vocational school for curative education in Hamburg