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3. TemATSkA cJelinA: kReiRAnJe i DiSTRiBUciJA pRoizvoDA RURAlnog TURizmA
Damir Gregurić, agronomy engineer – livestock direction
Beekeepers Association of the Buje Region
Treća ulica 25, Murine, 52470 Umag, Hrvatska
tel.: +385 (0) 52 773039
GSM: 091 558 9232
e-mail: damir.greguric@pu.t-com.hr
Title of the contribution:
The Little School of Beekeeping – The Key to the Sustainable
Development of the Profession and a New
Rural Tourism Product
Keywords:
beekeeping, education, children, cultural resource
Type of presentation:
lecture with PowerPoint presentation
Theme:
The promotion of beekeeping among children and
youth in the synthesis with the revitalization of cultural
and historical heritage as a new rural tourism product
Purpose of study:
Motivated by the defeating facts about the old age of
beekeepers, inadequacy of the conventional education
system with regard to introducing young generations
into the profession and a poor media coverage of this
subject, the author uses a new approach to the same
issues in an effort to find a solution that would ensure
the future of beekeeping and, as a secondary output,
become a new tourism product as well.
Methodology:
The target group (pre-school and primary school children)
in groups of 6 participants will attend classes in
the duration of 2 school periods. The curriculum is divided
into 4 thematic units: «The Life and Work of Bees»,
«Bees and Beekeepers», «Bee Products», «Honey – Food
and Medicine». Participants will be guided through the
lectures, screening of educational film and workshops
(age adjusted) by mentors – experienced beekeepers.
Structured abstract
Findings:
The objective is to liberate children from fear of bee
stings, teach them the distinction between bees and
other insects, explain the functioning of been community,
introduce them to the benefits of honey and other
bee products and thus – by means of playing, workshops
and other activities – in a relaxed, yet educational
manner spur their interest in beekeeping. Children will
have opportunity to see bees «live» - in an apisarium, at
a model apiary in the near vicinity of the school.
Originality:
The little school of beekeeping is a step away from the
conventional system, since it teaches children in the
actual environment rather than through typical beekeeper
visits to kindergarten and schools. The practical
knowledge acquired with the help of mentors is the basis
for their further advancement as beekeepers, but as
a people as well, with regard to life, nature, community.
Implications:
The education will be carried out by members of the Associations
on a voluntary basis. If strategic partners fail
to keep up with development of the Center, the initial
enthusiasm will subside, and it will not be possible to
organize classes according to the scheduled plan.
Practical implications:
The little school of beekeeping will be located in a XIX
century tower in Seget, a village 3 km from Umag. A part
of the settlement (the tower, villas, agricultural buildings
and park) is a protected cultural resource, planned to be
fully restored and turned into an elite tourism and hotel
center; therefore, in such surroundings whit a new function
the tower may become a real tourist attraction.
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