MonViA - National monitoring of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes - Subproject "Wild bees and honeybees"

Term

2019-01-01 bis 2025-12-31

Project management

• Jens, Pistorius

Responsible institute

Institut für Bienenschutz

Project preparer

• Abdulrahim, Alkassab
• André, Krahner
• Henri, Greil
• Wiebke, Kämper
• Oleg, Lewkowski

Cooperation partner

• Institut für Pflanzenschutz in Ackerbau und Grünland (JKI)
• Institut für Biologischen Pflanzenschutz (JKI)
• Institut für Anwendungstechnik im Pflanzenschutz (JKI)
• Institut für ökologische Chemie, Pflanzenanalytik und Vorratsschutz (JKI)
• Institut für Pflanzenschutz in Obst- und Weinbau (JKI)
• Institut für Pflanzenbau und Bodenkunde (JKI)
• Institut für Strategien und Folgenabschätzung (JKI)

Overall objective of the project

Within MonViA the Julius Kühn-Institute develops in close cooperation with the Thünen-Institute and the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food a broad-based farmland biodiversity monitoring for Germany. The joint project consists of three main parts: a) a general, nation-wide trend monitoring based on a systematic sampling grid, b) an in-depth, question-based monitoring on specific issues focusing on insects and c) a citizen-science monitoring, based on the participation of farmers, associations and interested citizens. The long-term project involves 6 specialist institutes from the TI, 8 from the JKI and the BLE with a total of more than 35 people. Research in the sub-project ‘Honey bees and wild bees’ focuses on collecting and analysing past, present and future data, and developing an indicator for honey bee vitality. Another monitoring goal is to assess the species richness of wild bees in Germany’s agricultural landscape. Both, honey bee vitality and species richness of wild bees, will be gathered and presented on a newly-conceived digital platform. An interface with landscape parameters will be enabled.

Funder

Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture