07.08.2018, Berlin: Benedikt Polaczek, master beekeeper and bee researcher at Freie Universitдt in Berlin, holds a honeycomb in the Paul-Lцbe-Haus next to Oliver Krischer (Alliance 90/The Greens, r), vice-president of the parliamentary group. In the spring of 2016, the Bundestag received its first bee colony of its own, with around 50,000 bees, and the aim of the initiative is to draw attention to the dwindling number of insects in Germany in addition to honey production. (to dpa: "Bundestag bees victims of heat: less honey" of 07.08.2018) Photo: Lisa Ducret/dpa