Łowkowice () is a village in Kluczbork County in Opole Voivodeship, Poland. It lies approximately north of Kluczbork and north-east of the regional capital Opole. History While part of the Prussian Province of Silesia as Lowkowitz, the village was the place of birth and death of the apiarist Jan Dzierżon (1811–1906), the discoverer of parthenogenesis among bees. In 1936, Nazi Germany renamed the village Bienendorf (German for "Bee Village") in Dzierżon's honor and kept the name until 1945. The village was placed under Polish administration following World War II and renamed to the traditional Polish name Łowkowice; Poland also claimed Dzierżon as their own and named nearby Rychbach Dzierżoniów in his honor. References http://www.chinci.com/travel/pax/q/3093058/%C5%81owkowice/PL/Poland/0/ Villages in Kluczbork County