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Bee Educational Trail Netstal

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    Along the varied path through meadow and forest, you can learn more about the honeybee and beekeeping on 15 display panels. Topics such as bee colonies, way of life, annual cycle, beeswax, bee language, pollination, bee diseases, bee products, and wild bees are covered.

    Fourteen display panels provide insight into the world of bees. Overview panel at the start of the trail. Wild bee hotel in the middle of the trail. Educational beehive at the end of the trail.

    Guided tours are offered for interested groups, school classes, and clubs (Cost: 50 CHF. Contact: Glarner Bienenfreunde, Georg Roller, Tel. 055 640 64 53, g.roller@sunrise.ch)

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    Hinterbühlstrasse Netstal – Gumen – Dachsigen – Mettlen Netstal. The path is marked.

    Return journey: It is best to take the same path back on foot to Netstal Wiggis-Park (bus stop) or Netstal train station.

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    Take the SBB to Netstal. On foot (about 500 m) or by bus to the Netstal Wiggis-Park stop (on the main road at the height of the Wiggis-Park shopping center). Turn right into Bühlstrasse, then immediately left into Hinterbühlstrasse and follow the signpost "Bee Educational Trail".

    Directions

    Coming from Zürich/Chur, exit the A3 (exit 44 "Niederurnen") and follow the E 17 to Netstal Wiggis-Park (parking is available at the shopping center), then continue on foot by turning into Bühlstrasse, then into Hinterbühlstrasse, and from there follow the signpost "Bee Educational Trail"

    Coordinates

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    2'722'514E 1'214'199N
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    47.067477, 9.051597
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    47°04'02.9"N 9°03'05.7"E
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    32T 503917 5212663
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    Equipment

    Gym or trekking shoes (the well-marked nature trail has no significant inclines, is partly narrow, and partly goes through (tall) grass, not suitable for wheelchairs and strollers)

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    Parts of this content were machine translated from German.

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    Difficulty
    easy
    Overall difficulty
    easy

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    1.9 km
    Duration
    1:00 h
    Ascent
    32 m
    Descent
    47 m
    Highest point
    488 m
    Lowest point
    447 m
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