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Spring has begun, and with it, the first early fliers. Few creatures are as vital to our nature as its harbingers, the wild bees! Switzerland is home to approximately 600 species of these peaceful pollinators. While that may sound like a lot, it should still give us pause! Only about 37 percent of native wild bees are not on the Red List of endangered animals. To help you better understand and identify these creatures, we've put together some useful information for the budding entomologists among you that you probably didn't know yet. After all, one wild bee is not like...

In March, the great awakening of spring began: we enjoy feelings of happiness due to warmer temperatures, long walks in the sun, morning coffee on the city balcony, or first dinners on the terrace. But what is a wonderful start to spring for us means something completely different for our biodiversity. March 2022 one of the driest Marches of the century so far After a rainy February, it is not the spring-like temperatures that worry experts. Much greater concern is caused by the unusually long dry spell with no precipitation. If this continues until the end of the month, "it...

We are overexploiting our planet at a horrendous rate. The "planetary boundaries" model, developed by scientists worldwide, clearly shows in which sectors we are overstretching our world. Where does climate change, which seems to dominate everything, fit into all of this?

What threatens people the most? According to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Risk Report: climate policy failure, extreme weather, and species extinction. This assessment comes from 1000 experts surveyed. It's high time to counteract this. Many may currently consider Covid-19 to be humanity's greatest threat. In the short term, this might even be true. But the long-term dangers come from a completely different corner. At least, that's the assessment of 1000 experts and leaders worldwide interviewed by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for its Global Risk Report 2022. Long-term risks are global threats within the next 5 to ten...

Wild bees are his great passion: Yannick Schauwecker's huge garden near Zurich is a blooming, buzzing insect and, above all, wild bee paradise. How Yannick discovered his love for wild bees is an exciting story.

How do you become a wild bee hero? Ernst Denzler from Aargau shows how it's done. He has transformed his standard garden into a blooming oasis for wildflowers and countless animals.

In the beginning, there was only a wild bee house from the Zurich Christmas market. But five years after his first BeeHome, Philipp Häcki's entire surroundings are flourishing. How the graphic designer with a green thumb brought wildflowers to the front gardens. Some BeeHomes have a short fuse that ignites a fireworks display of good ideas. Philipp Häcki's BeeHome is one such case. The visual designer with a keen eye first saw a BeeHome at the Zurich Christmas market in 2015 – and had no idea that this wild bee house would indirectly create habitats for countless insects. Today, five...

How endangered are wild bees really? And how can each individual promote these useful insects in their own surroundings? Wild bee expert Dr. Claudio Sedivy provides answers and tips that inspire a greater appreciation for nature.

Wool carder bees are the exotics among wild bees: Learn more about this fascinating wild bee species in our blog post.

The world of wild bees is full of secrets. You can find some particularly curious cases in this blog post.