{"id":779,"date":"2026-09-15T13:12:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/bee-office-canton-of-zurich\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T18:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T17:13:28","slug":"bee-office-canton-of-zurich","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/bee-office-canton-of-zurich\/","title":{"rendered":"Bee Office of the Canton of Zurich"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Project lead:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:ph@igwildebiene.ch\">Philipp Heller<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Given the growing awareness of both the importance and the threatened state of our most important pollinators \u2014 the bees \u2014 the Canton of Zurich drew up a cantonal bee strategy in 2019. Its central demand was that a cantonal bee office be established: a point of contact for all matters concerning bee conservation, a hub for projects, and a body to initiate and coordinate suitable measures. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bombus_muscorum_A_Einsiedeln_2020_06_03_1_AR_1_small.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bombus_muscorum_A_Einsiedeln_2020_06_03_1_AR_1_small.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bombus_muscorum_A_Einsiedeln_2020_06_03_1_AR_1_small-980x651.jpg 980w, https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Bombus_muscorum_A_Einsiedeln_2020_06_03_1_AR_1_small-480x319.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-141\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><em>Photo: The moss carder bee (Bombus muscorum) survives in Switzerland only in extensive lowland fens and is threatened with extinction. A considerable share of the remaining habitat lies in the Canton of Zurich, which therefore carries great national responsibility for preserving this species. (Photo: \u00a9 Andr\u00e9 Rey).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The cantonal bee strategy identified a particular need for action on wild bees. Partly for this reason, the three-year mandate was awarded to our association in spring 2021. Our former committee member Philipp Heller took on the leadership of the Zurich Bee Office and is supported in this by Kiki Anrika Velychko.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The Zurich Bee Office pursues three main aims:<br \/>\u2022 <strong>Providing information<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 <strong>Initiating, intensifying and improving conservation measures<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 <strong>Building networks and creating platforms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More detailed information is available directly on the website of the newly created <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bienenfachstelle-zh.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bee Office of the Canton of Zurich<\/a>. <em>(in German)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-779","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2082,"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/779\/revisions\/2082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}