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Spotlight on Small Water Bodies: Extensive Surveys Across Three Federal States

- As part of the MonViA project, extensive fieldwork has recently been successfully completed: a total of 100 new small water bodies were sampled across three federal states in Germany.

Lecture series on wild bees starts in April

- Sign up now! The third edition of our (Wild) Bee Knowledge series once again offers a diverse range of lectures and identification courses on (wild) bees from April to October

MonViA Organism Diversity at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Association of Institutes for Bee Research

- Five scientists from the Julius Kühn Institute and the Thünen Institute presented findings on organism diversity from March 24-26, developed within the framework of MonViA.

Weed Day: Why Supposed Nuisance Plants Are Important for Nature

- On March 28, 2026, International Weed Day will be observed.

Intensive exchange and networking days within the MonViA consortium

- Approximately 30 employees of the Thünen Institute, the Julius Kühn Institute and the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food came together in Bonn for their annual working meeting, a two-day event.

Wild Bee Monitoring in Agricultural Landscapes – First Results from the Bumblebee Monitoring 2025

- The Thünen Institute's bumblebee monitoring program saw a further increase in the number of transects started in 2025. Bumblebees from 15 species groups were found, including three Red List species: the shrill carder bumblebee,…

MonViA contributions at the 64th German Plant Protection Conference in Braunschweig

- Under the motto "Thinking about plant protection as a system", the annual meeting of the German Plant Protection Conference was held this year from October 7th to 10th, 2025 in the Technical University of Braunschweig.

MonViA at the National Biodiversity Monitoring Centre

- On November 6–7, 2025, the National Monitoring Centre for Biodiversity hosted the 4th Forum “Application and Research in Dialogue” in Leipzig.

Wild Bee Monitoring Forum: Citizen Science Meets Research

- On October 17 and 18 the Wild Bee Team at the Thünen Institute hosted the Wild Bee Monitoring Forum, bringing together volunteers from across Germany, providing a unique opportunity for knowledge exchange and collaboration

MonViA contributions at the annual conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland in Würzburg

- The annual conference organized by the Ecological Society (GfÖ), with participating scientists from Europe and beyond, is considered one of the most comprehensive conferences focusing on ecology in German-speaking countries.