What's the buzz around campus? Busy bees are hard at work here, producing homemade honey at the Johannes Kepler University campus.
In 2021, the number of 'employees' at the Johannes Kepler University Linz increased by leaps and bounds! Over 300,000 bees moved into beehives located at the JKU and are diligently going about their work here! You can purchase honey made right here on campus at the JKU Merchandise Shop in the Kepler Hall!
Bees are important to us not only because they produce honey, but also because they pollinate around 80% of our crops and wild plants. That is why the JKU and its partner, Raiffeisen Oberösterreich, have created a goal to make the JKU a bee-friendly campus.
Office of Sustainability
Contact
Mag. Maria Buchmayr
Phone
0732 2468 3328
Busy bees at the JKU Campus
The JKU bees live on the meadow behind the TN Tower.
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Purchase JKU Honey
JKU Rector Meinhard Lukas and RLB OÖ General Director Heinrich Schaller were on hand in person to help harvest the very first batch of JKU honey. You can purchase honey made right here on campus at the JKU Merchandise Shop in the Kepler Hall!
Tamara Dekum (head of University Communications at the JKU), RLB OÖ Deputy General Manager Michaela Keplinger-Mitterlehner, RLB OÖ General Manager Heinrich Schaller, Rector Meinhard Lukas, and beekeeper Heinz Wahlmüller harvesting this year's honey crop.
Real-World Examples of Sustainability at the JKU
In partnership with the Raiffeisen Bank of Upper Austria, the beehives are part of the many sustainability projects that are growing and flourishing at the JKU!
