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Hummelhaus is ready for new residents to move in

A bumblebee house was set up on campus this week and is now waiting for its first buzzing inhabitants.

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As part of the implementation of the plan to boost biodiversity on campus, a bumblebee house was unveiled yesterday in a sheltered spot near the wildflower meadow.

At present, the bumblebee queens that have survived the winter are searching for nesting sites to establish a new colony. To do this, they fly close to the ground, looking for suitable crevices in rocks, mouse holes and similar places – or indeed a bumblebee house. 

The house is fitted out inside so that a bumblebee queen can move straight in. Thanks to its sheltered location beneath the trees, it remains pleasantly cool here even in summer.

This marks the implementation of a further measure to boost biodiversity on campus; more will follow this year.