With the Bee-Finder, IG Wilde Biene has created a powerful tool for supporting local wild bee populations in practice – in private gardens as much as in public space.
Photo: The female of the gold-furrowed furrow bee (Halictus subauratus) is widespread in Switzerland. This small, unspecialised species is a typical ground nester (photo: © Jürg Sommerhalder).
We protect what we know
The Bee-Finder web app provides concrete information on the rare and threatened wild bee species found at a specific address. It tells you about their pollen preferences and their requirements of nesting structures. This depends on knowing the current bee fauna at the place in question. As municipalities begin to take up their responsibility and recognise the many-layered benefit of the Bee-Finder, knowledge of wild bee distribution in further municipalities is continually being added.
Simply enter your address and let the Bee-Finder tell you which wild bees in need of protection occur in that area and how you can support them.
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