Credit: VdL
To raise public awareness about bee protection and biodiversity conservation, the City of Luxembourg (VdL) has announced it is offering a freely accessible, educational beekeeping walking trail through the capital.
As reported by the VdL, the trail is approximately 2.5 km long and features twelve information points, allowing both children and adults to learn about the world of bees. At various stops along the trail, information panels in English, French and German provide explanations on urban biodiversity, along with a wide range of bee-related topics relating to different species of wild and honeybees, their habitat, lifestyle, reproduction habits, products produced from the hives and the issue of bee mortality.
The educational trail is designed to present the characteristics of bees, hornets and wasps. Visitors can also discover a house for wild bees and insects and closely observe the daily comings and goings of the various insects.
The trail features the following stops:
- Luxembourg City Tourist Office (LCTO): The bee and the wasp
- Place de Clairefontaine: Biodiversity in the city
- Rue du St Esprit: Planters and flower beds
- Biisserwee: Biodiversity in dry stone walls
- Biisserwee – staircase leading to the Rham plateau: Insect nesting box
- Belvedere 1 – Rham plateau: Bee orientation
- Belvedere 2 – Rham plateau: Pesticides – a major danger
- Rham plateau: A garden for pollinators
- At the foot of the Bock rock: The life of the honeybee
- At the foot of the Bock rock: Pollination
- Near Rue Sosthène Weis: Hollow trunk, natural habitat
- Rue Plaetis: The bee and hive products
The VdL and its partners will also offer several guided tours, in English, of the bee-themed trail and the role of these insects in the ecosystem. Tours are available on the following dates:
• Thursday 11 June at 17:00
• Saturday 27 June at 14:00
• Thursday 9 July at 17:00
• Saturday 5 September at 14:00
The tours start at Place Guillaume II (in front of the Luxembourg City Tourist Office) and last for up to two and a half hours. Each tour is limited to eight participants.
Participation in the tours is free, however registration is required. The VdL advised that spaces on each tour are limited to eight people.
More information can be found at https://www.vdl.lu/en/visiting/leisure-and-nature-activities/routes-and-trails/beien-der-stad.
