Last updated: October 2021
The initiative involves establishing beehives on the roofs of the Catholic University of Lublin and the Centre for the Meetings of Cultures. It seeks to provide the habitat for the bees in the city, help in pollination, educate the society about the bees and shape more ecologically-friendly attitudes among the students, faculty and visitors. It should also produce honey that can be sold or distributed free of charge, which can serve in a promotional tool of the two institutions. The Centre for the Meetings of Cultures has additionally opened a garden to provide food for the pollinators [1,2,3,4,6]. In 2020, the initiative is still ongoing and expanding. Every year, the university organizes a competition about the life of bees for various age groups [7].
Beehives
Source: https://kurierlubelski.pl/ule-na-kul-w-lublinie-pierwsze-miodobranie-za-nami-zdjecia-wideo/ga/10426940/zd/19518334
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Grey infrastructure featuring greens
- Other
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Habitat and biodiversity conservation
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Environmental education
- Social interaction
- Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
- Sustainable production
Focus
Maintenance and management of urban nature, Knowledge creation and awareness raising, Monitoring and maintenance of habitats and/or biodiversity
Project objectives
The intervention identifies several main goals:
1) To introduce beehives in the city centre;
2) To educate the society about the bees and enhance the pro-ecological attitudes of the population;
3) To promote the institutions which have introduced the NBS [3,4,6].
Implementation activities
-4 beehives were put on the roof of the Catholic University of Lublin with around 100.000 bees in each [2]
-12 beehives were put on the roof of the Centre for the Meetings of Cultures with around 40-50.000 bees in each [1]
-The first honey harvest took place at the Catholic University of Lublin in 2016 and around 130 kg of honey was collected [5]
-Some educational workshops and activities were conducted at both institutions [6]
Biodiversity conservation or restoration-focused activities
Biodiversity conservation:
- Protect and enhance urban habitats
- Preserve and strengthen existing habitats and ecosystems
- Reduce negative impacts and avoid the alteration/damage of ecosystem
- Protect species
- Undertake specific measures to protect species
- Undertake specific measures to protect native species
- Undertake specific measures to protect valued species
- Means for conservation governance
- Raise public awareness
- Public engagement
- Create and use scientific knowledge for conservation
- Protect and apply traditional knowledge and conservation practices
Main beneficiaries
- Researchers/University
- Citizens or community groups
Governance
Management set-up
- Led by non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Non-government organisation/civil society
- Researchers/university
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
- Dissemination of information and education
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
The Centre for the Meetings of Cultures and the Catholic University of Lublin developed the project proposal and implemented the project.
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
No
(A fact that the local regulations had to be changed to allow for the initiative to take place, as prior to it Lublin's local regulations did not allow for the beehives to be located in the city centre, suggests that there were no policy drivers for the initiative on any scale. On the contrary, the two initiating institutions influenced the local strategy, as in May 2016 the city council changed the "Rules of cleanliness and orderliness" and introduced regulations that allow the keeping of mild bees in the center by the educational institutions.(3)
)
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
- Unknown
Type of funding
- Unknown
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Green space and habitat
- Increased conservation or restoration of ecosystems
- Increased protection of threatened species
- Enhanced support of pollination
Economic impacts
- Generation of income from NBS
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Increased access to healthy/affordable food
- Cultural heritage and sense of place
- Improvement in people’s connection to nature
- Education
- Increased support for education and scientific research
- Increased knowledge of locals about local nature
- Increased awareness of NBS and their benefits
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
1. Pawelczyk, A., (2016) 'Beehives at the Catholic University of Lublin. The first honey harvest is behind us' ('Ule na KUL w Lublinie. Pierwsze miodobranie za nami'), Source link, Source link (Accessed: 05 August 2020).
2. 'Bee in the city is doing well' ('Pszczoła w mieście ma się dobrze'), (2016), Source link, Source link (Accessed: 05 August 2020).
3. 'Bees grown by the Catholic University settled great in Lublin' ('Pszczoły Hodowane Przez KUL Świetnie Zadomowiły Się W Lublinie'),Source link, Source link (Accessed: 10 July 2017). Website not available in 2020.
4. 'First honey harvest at the roof of the Catholic University. The bees settled in for good' ('Pierwsze miodobranie na dachu KUL. Pszczoły zadomowiły się na dobre'),(2016), Source link, Source link (Accessed: 05 August 2020).
5. Horbaczewski, R., (2017) 'It's better for the bees in the city' ('Pszczołom lepiej w mieście')
Source link, Source link (Accessed: 05 August 2020).
6. Skomra, S., (2016), 'The town hall will give consent to the establishment of apiaries. Bees will live on the roof of the Centre for the Meetings of Cultures and the Catholic University of Lublin' ('Ratusz da zgodę na postawienie pasiek. Pszczoły zamieszkają na dachu CSK i KUL')
Source link, Source link (Accessed: 05 August 2020).
7. The Catholic University of Lublin. (2019). Pasieka KUL Live (The univeristy's beehive Live). Available at: Source link (Accessed: 05 August 2020).
2. 'Bee in the city is doing well' ('Pszczoła w mieście ma się dobrze'), (2016), Source link, Source link (Accessed: 05 August 2020).
3. 'Bees grown by the Catholic University settled great in Lublin' ('Pszczoły Hodowane Przez KUL Świetnie Zadomowiły Się W Lublinie'),Source link, Source link (Accessed: 10 July 2017). Website not available in 2020.
4. 'First honey harvest at the roof of the Catholic University. The bees settled in for good' ('Pierwsze miodobranie na dachu KUL. Pszczoły zadomowiły się na dobre'),(2016), Source link, Source link (Accessed: 05 August 2020).
5. Horbaczewski, R., (2017) 'It's better for the bees in the city' ('Pszczołom lepiej w mieście')
Source link, Source link (Accessed: 05 August 2020).
6. Skomra, S., (2016), 'The town hall will give consent to the establishment of apiaries. Bees will live on the roof of the Centre for the Meetings of Cultures and the Catholic University of Lublin' ('Ratusz da zgodę na postawienie pasiek. Pszczoły zamieszkają na dachu CSK i KUL')
Source link, Source link (Accessed: 05 August 2020).
7. The Catholic University of Lublin. (2019). Pasieka KUL Live (The univeristy's beehive Live). Available at: Source link (Accessed: 05 August 2020).
Beehives
Source: https://kurierlubelski.pl/ule-na-kul-w-lublinie-pierwsze-miodobranie-za-nami-zdjecia-wideo/ga/10426940/zd/19518334
Beehives
Source: https://kurierlubelski.pl/ule-na-kul-w-lublinie-pierwsze-miodobranie-za-nami-zdjecia-wideo/ga/10426940/zd/19518334