We give insights into three EU-funded projects focusing on honey bees.
BeeGuards is dedicated to honey bee health and focuses on determining how abiotic factors such as management practices, climate change, nutrition and resource limitations drive emerging biotic stressors that threaten colony health and erode the resilience of European beekeeping.
B-THENET aims to modernize the European beekeeping sector and build a network, this project involves beekeepers in the collection and validation of best practices. By doing so, it seeks to enhance the overall efficiency and sustainability of beekeeping operations across Europe.
INSIGNIA-EU focuses on the investigation of the environment with honey bees. 315 citizen scientist beekeepers across every European Union country are involved in the project and collect samples from their beehives. The samples are analysed for a variety of environmental pollutants such as pesticides, microplastics, heavy metals, air pollution, and pollen diversity.
Additionally, a collaborative project between the University of Graz and Spar is presented.
Visitors also have the opportunity to smell and taste honey bee products, exploring materials used in beekeeping and check out the anatomy of a honey bee.
Hands-on station
Location: Universität Graz, RESOWI Foyer, Bauteil C (Universitätsstraße 15)
Station from: Robert Brodschneider, Universität Graz
Language: English
Age: Students and adults
Duration: 15 min
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