On 2 February 1992, aged 93, he resigned his post as beekeeper at the Abbey and was permitted to spend some months in his home town Mittelbiberach with his niece, Maria Kehrle.
In February 1992, at the ripe age of 93, he relinquished his role as beekeeper at the Abbey and was granted permission to reside with his niece, Maria Kehrle, in his native town of Mittelbiberach for a few months.