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Latest publications

Identification key for cavity-nesting wild bees and wasps

The second, completely revised new edition of the book “Wildbienen und Wespen in Nisthilfen bestimmen: Ein Bestimmungsschlüssel für Deutschland” is now available. This identification key is an important reference for nature enthusiasts, researchers, and anyone working with nesting aids and their inhabitants, because it enables the identification of numerous cavity-nesting wild bees, wasps, and their antagonists based on brood cells.

Pesticides and habitat loss additively reduce wild bees in crop fields

The authors analysed bee data from 681 crop fields on three continents and found that pesticides and the loss of nearby habitats reduce the number and variety of wild bees in crop fields, and that pesticides also decrease their functional and phylogenetic diversity.

MultiTroph project proposal

We have published the propsal for our DFG Research Unit MultiToph in “Research Ideas and Outcomes”.

Further publications

Talks

Posters

In the media

Books

Praxishandbuch Nutzpflanzenbestäubung

Increasing yields by promoting biodiversity

The book was published on 12 May 2025 and deals with the promotion of pollinators in agricultural landscapes. It contains detailed plant and bee profiles as well as concrete measures to specifically support pollinators and thereby increase pollination services.

The central message of the book is that in order for pollinators to return to our farmland and increase crop yields, it is crucial to provide flowering plants as sources of nectar and pollen as well as suitable nesting sites for wild bees. Some of these measures can be implemented not only in agriculture, but also in small gardens and even on balconies.

Wildbienen und Wespen in Nisthilfen bestimmen

An identification key for Germany

This identification key was specially developed to identify cavity-nesting wild bees and wasps and their counterparts in nesting aids. The features used for identification are based on pictures of brood cells as typically found in nesting aids made of wood or reed tubes.

Das wächst in deiner Stadt

#Krautschau – 95 Pflanzen erkennen

This book by Alexandra-Maria Klein and Julia Krohmer helps to identify plants in urban areas and raises awareness of the importance of plants in cities.
It has been translated into other languages and is now also available in English, French, Dutch and Czech.

Defining Agroecology: A Festschrift for Teja Tscharntke

This commemorative publication brings together a large number of works that were inspired, influenced or stimulated by the work of Teja Tscharntke – be it through his academic work or through him personally.

The contributions are structured along the five central themes that characterise Teja Tscharntke’s research: landscape ecology, pollination, multitrophic interactions, food security and socio-ecological systems.

Insect Pollination of Crops in Brazil

A Guide for Farmers, Gardeners, Politicians and Conservationists

Authors:

Alexandra-Maria Klein
Breno M. Freitas
Isac G.A. Bomfim
Virginie Boreux
Felix Fornoff
Mikail O. Oliveira

Flyers and brochures

Hedgerows as habitats for wild bees

Wild bees: Indispensable for nature and agriculture

Wild bees and solitary wasps: Beneficial insects in the garden

Restoring pollinator habitats across European agricultural landscapes

Bees in apple orchards: Useful helpers worth protecting

Insect house: Living and hibernation sites for solitary bees and wasps

Apple orchards in the Rhine valley: Pollinators and fruit success

Las abejas en Barbas-Bremen Sector Quindío, Colombia

GfÖ – Gesellschaft für Ökologie e. V.