Our aim is to provide an inventory of the bees and wasps as well as their feeding and breeding habitats in the quarry of Wiepenkathen. In order to register all species, the inventory will take place during the period of flight from February to August. The relevance of quarries as stepping stones and corridors for these important ecosystem service providers is given because of suitable feeding and breeding habitats (surrounded by intensive agriculture landscape) and will be evaluated. Within the regional context of the red list of bees in Hamburg that will be published in 2020 and by taking into account possible migration routes along suitable habitats downstream of the Elbe river, it is likely that the quarry Wiepenkathen not only is a connecting habitat but also a hotspot for bees and wasps in the region. Possible improvements of the availability of food resources (e.g. by sowing additional flower strips) and breeding sites (e.g. installing additional bee nests, vertical banks, bare ground) will be evaluated, and management recommendations with regard to the species that profit from these activities will be given. By involving biology students and future teacher students we will train experts for species identification and multipliers. The results and recommendations will give scientific proof of the species richness of bees and wasps in quarries as an anthropogenic formed habitat and show their importance as biodiversity hotspots.
Bauwerk in bester Lage
Wie eine Schornsteinwespe ihr Nest in der Abbaustätte Wiepenkathen baut.
Lesen Sie mehrBuilding in a prime location
Have a look how the spiny mason wasp builds its nest in the quarry Wiepenkathen.
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Fliegendes „Gold“ in der Abbaustätte
Sie sind wahrscheinlich die auffälligsten und buntesten Wespen in unserer Abbaustätte…
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Flying jewels in the quarry
They are probably the most charismatic colourful wasp species in the quarry...
Lesen Sie mehrAnlegen einer windgeschützten Nistwand
Mit dieser Hilfe war die Arbeit schnell erledigt.
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Schnee und Blüten
Ende Februar fand ein erstes kleines Treffen in der Abbaustätte Wiepenkathen mit dem Geschäftsführer statt.
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Snow and Flowers
At the end of February we visited for the first time the quarry Wiepenkathen to have a meeting with the managing director.
Lesen Sie mehrVorbereitungen für die Freilandarbeiten
Es war eine tolle Nachricht, als wir Anfang Dezember die Bestätigung bekamen, dass unser Projekt „Abbaustätten als Trittstein und Korridore für Wildbienen und Wespen“ in der Kategorie Wissenschaft des Quarry Life Awards ausgewählt wurde.
Lesen Sie mehrGetting prepared for the field work
It was fantastic news in early December when we got the confirmation that our project proposal “Quarries as stepping stones and corridors for bees and wasps” was selected as one of the top projects in the category science.
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