Current projects
Where we create habitats, record populations and pass on knowledge.
Wild bee conservation Hallauerberg (SH)
In the vineyards of the Hallauerberg 115 wild bee species currently occur, more than a dozen of them…
Wild bee conservation regions, Canton of Schaffhausen
In 2017 (revised version February 2024) the Regional Nature Park…
Pilot project: Irchel conservation region (ZH)
In 2022 the Bee Unit of the Canton of Zurich, commissioned by the Office for Landscape and…
Wild bee conservation project Beckenried (NW)
The large scissor bee (Chelostoma…), classed as vulnerable (VU) and extremely rare north of the Alps…
Wild bee conservation project Reussspitz (ZH, ZG, AG)
The “Reussspitz” wetland is a mire landscape of national importance…
BEE-FINDER – support local wild bees (phase 2)
With the web app bee-finder we already offer a unique, freely available…
Pocket Parks
The City of Zurich owns around 330 green spaces on municipal land. The largest…
Project: Beekeeping – less is more
12 important studies on competition between honey bees and wild bees (summaries)
News
The Bee-Finder: wild bee conservation for your own address
Which wild bees live near you, and which plants support them? Our web app answers both – free of charge, for any address in Switzerland.
Pocket parks: Zurich’s smallest green spaces for wild bees
The City of Zurich owns around 330 green spaces. The smallest measures 14 square metres. These are exactly the sites we are upgrading for wild bees together with Grün Stadt Zürich.
Wild bee hotels: what they achieve – and what they don’t
Nesting aids are popular, both as a craft project and in the shops. For biodiversity they achieve almost nothing – and one variant does actual harm.