Bee hotels as a model system for field ecology and insect interactions (OEP-B31)
Trap nests for wild bees and other hymenopterans (so-called wild bee hotels) are excellent tools for studying the impact of environmental factors on species communities.
In our class “Bee hotels as model systems for field ecology and instect interactions” students investigate the communities of these trap nests at five locations in Bonn along an urban-rural gradient.
The role of trap nest inhabitants as bioindicators for habitat quality is derived, among other things, from the species composition of the inhabitants and their food sources, as well as gender composition, parasitism rates and unknown mortality and the diversity of species traits such as nest-building material.
Read more on the five localities and ongoing student research below.
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Locations & Ongoing Student Research

Old Cementery Bonn
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Botanical Gardens Bonn (Schlossgarten)
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Melbgarden (part of the Botanical Gardens Bonn)
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Ippendorf Cementery
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