Wild herbs and wild bees

The gardens and parks are blooming and buzzing again in spring, and wild herbs and wild bees are in high season.

Melanie Adamik from BUND, the Mainz-Bingen district's wild bee biologist, will take anyone interested on a voyage of discovery through the flowering areas in the park by the Mäuseturm. She will provide insights into the diversity of our native wild herbs and their importance for our native wild bees. She will also reveal a variety of tips for using the wild herbs yourself.

As the BUND's wild bee beekeeper, Melanie Adamik is particularly keen to use the event to convey how important our native wild herbs are for the survival of wild bees. Many of them are food specialists and depend on very specific flowers as food sources, such as meadow sage, bluebells or viper's bugloss. Almost 600 different species of wild bee live in Germany, 420 of them in Rheinhessen. Unfortunately, however, more than half of these wild relatives of the honey bee are now under threat. They are increasingly losing their habitat where hedges and flower strips are being lost and gravelled gardens are taking over. She also gives tips on bee-friendly garden and balcony design, whereby less maintenance often does more for biodiversity.

The events are free of charge. Due to the limited number of participants, pre-registration is required at:
umweltabteilung(at)bingen.de or by telephone on +49 6721 184146 erforderlich.

Detailed information about the network partner: Bingen Tourismus
To the Rheintaler motif: Bingen Mouse Tower