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Institute for the protection of bees (JKI-BS)
Institution
Section overview
Description
On April 1st, 2016 the new Institute for Bee Protection in the Julius Kühn Institute started work.
The Institute for Bee Protection deals with a wide range of tasks. Key issue is the interaction between bees and agriculture or agricultural landscapes. Risks for the pollinators themselves or for their pollination services that are emanating from crop farming should be recognized. Among other approaches, new strategies and procedures must be developed to minimize potential hazards and risks. With its research and scientific assessments, the new institute shall contribute to preserving and improving the biological diversity in agro-ecosystems and agricultural landscapes. It is the will of politics and society to ensure high protection standards for bees and other pollinators. All these aspects and measures will benefit honey bees and other bee species. And after many years of decline, the now growing community of beekeepers will win too.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants – Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI)
Coordinated projects
- BeesUp - intelligent planning tool for wild-bee friendly area design and urban planning
- Biological investigations of honey bee poisoning caused by authorised plant protection products
- Chemical analytical assessment of lethal damages of honey bees possibly caused by plant protection products or other xenobiotica
- Collaborative project: Establishing digital indicators of bee vitality in agricultural landscapes. Subproject 1
- Collection of pollen samples for the investigation of poisoning incidents to honeybees
- Comparative studies on honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) and residues in bee samples on the potential impact of tank mixes with different insecticides classified as non-hazardous to bees
- Development and improvement of test methods for the risk assessment of honey bees
- Development of method for assessment of dust drift and risk assessment of dust drift for honeybees
- Honey bee risk assessment
- Interaction of abiotic stressors including food limitation on bee health and colony development under field conditions - JKI
- Investigations of chronic and sublethal effects of pesticides to honey bee colonies with particular consideration of brood development and bee health
- Investigations of chronic and sublethal effects of pesticides to honey bee colonies with particular consideration of brood development and bee health
- Investigations of chronic and sublethal effects of pesticides to honey bee colonies with particular consideration of brood development and bee health
- ProInsekt - Travelling exhibition on the fascination of insects and their declining population (Endangered Diversity)
- Residue analytical investigations of bees and bee-related materials in the framework of cooperation with research institutions
- Studies on the storage stability of the insecticide imidacloprid in bees under different conditions by feeding a drug-containing sugar solution
Involved in research projects
- A farmland biodiversity monitoring for Germany. Subproject 'Monitoring other organisms groups - arable weeds'
- National monitoring of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Subproject 'Biodiversity of small freshwaters'
- National monitoring of biological diversity on farmlands. Subproject 'Development of technolgy'
- National monitoring of biological diversity on farmlands. Subproject 'Monitoring the diversity of habitats - small landscape structures and landscape elements'
Contact
Institute for the protection of bees
(JKI-BS)
Messeweg 11/12
38104 Braunschweig
Lower Saxony
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)531 299-4525
Email: bs(@)julius-kuehn.de
