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First results of eDNA analysis in wild bee monitoring

- At the end of 2023, volunteers from the wild bee monitoring program sampled nesting aids for eDNA analysis for the first time. The results of this evaluation by the Thünen Institute are now available and have been presented for…

Better understand pollinator trends: Bumblebee monitoring in agricultural landscapes started its fifth season

- How are bumblebees doing in the German agricultural landscape? Which species occur here and how are their distribution areas changing? Researchers at the Thünen Institute of Biodiversity have been developing a nationwide…

Weed Day on March 28, 2025

- Weed Day has been celebrated every year on March 28 since 2003. It reminds us that so-called weeds are more than just annoying plants.

Hello again!

- A face-to-face meeting of the MonViA team was a long time coming. But on 9-10 March the time has come to stick our heads together at a workshop in Braunschweig.

MonViA event information

- On board of the MS Science in Braunschweig - Join the MonViA wild bee team in front of the booth on board to the nearby Okeraue to learn more about the pollinator monitoring.

nützLINK goes online!

- Together with volunteers, one can monitor beneficial insects in agricultural landscapes - whether in orchards or in sugar beet cultivation. Register and join in via the new website on beneficial insect monitoring.

On the ground insights

- Within the testing phase of the monitoring concept "Weed Diversity", the occurrence and diversity of arable weeds are monitored on about 60 areas in Brandenburg and Lower Saxony.