Adopt a beehive from our apiary in Goch (Germany). Adopt one of my bee colonies from the beautiful Lower Rhine (Niederrhein) and support my beekeeping. For the bee breed, I chose the *Apis Melifera Carnica*. She is a gentle bee. Gentleness is important for working with bees, but especially for the people living in the neighborhood. As in organic beekeeping, my bees live in natural wooden hives that are treated with linseed oil. For feeding, I always leave the bees part of their collected nectar in the bee colony, but I also feed them with sugar syrup. It is important to leave the bees with nectar as it is part of their required winter reservoir. A bee colony pollinates an area of around 10km² if the climate and flora provide the ideal framework. If the conditions are suboptimal, i.e. less dense flora in the immediate vicinity, it can be up to 20km². Emerging colonies and swarms of bees can strengthen the colonies that have shrunk over the winter or form new colonies. A bee colony renews itself every six weeks during the season: summer bees are 6 weeks and winter bees up to 6 months old. Since bees always die outside their hive, they serve as food for birds and other insects and the natural cycle closes. Each beehive bears an average of 24kg per season. Each beehive is adopted by 12 CrowdFarmers who receive a box with 2 kg of blossom honey from the Lower Rhine.