“The Dark European honey bee is really the original bee of all Europe. What is so valuable about it is its incredible capacity to adapt.”

Meinrad Falkeis, head of the Kauns–Kaunerberg–Kaunertal Beekeeping Association 
on the value of this endangered bee race

The long-serving head of the Kauns–Kaunerberg–Kaunertal Beekeeping Association and of the Bergfreunde Kaunergrat is passionately and persistently committed, together with other members of the association, to the Dark European honey bee. This helps to preserve habitat diversity in the Kaunertal. In the audio piece “A Realm of Its Own for the Original Bee. The Protected Area in the Kaunertal”, he talks about bees and beekeeping in the region.