Mellifera
Mellifera is a non-profit association in Rosenfeld in Baden-Württemberg , which is committed to protecting bees and the proper beekeeping of Western honey bees ( Apis mellifera ). Mellifera develops species-appropriate and environmentally friendly methods of operation for beekeeping . One of the goals is to improve the health of bees in the long term. The association has around 1,500 members, 57 regional groups and around 5,000 bee sponsors.
history
In view of the spreading varroa mite in Germany , beekeepers under the leadership of Thomas Radetzki have been meeting regularly at the Fischermühle in Rosenfeld since 1985 to investigate the question of how they can help the bees to cope with the varroa mite. The basis for this was the bee lectures by the Austrian publicist Rudolf Steiner .
On January 6th, 1986 the association was founded in Rosenfeld under the name "Association for beekeeping according to nature". In the first years of the association, the basic development for natural honeycomb construction and for population reproduction based on the swarming instinct was in the foreground of the association's work.
In 1989 the first experiments with oxalic acid to treat varroosis in bees took place in the association's own training and experimental apiary, Fischermühle . The oxalic acid spray process developed there was officially approved in 1993 and has been one of the most important treatments for varroosis ever since.
The operating methods developed by Mellifera formed the basis for the guidelines for Demeter beekeeping in 1995.
In 2003 Mellifera founded the Blooming Landscape Network to provide better food for bees and other flower-pollinating insects.
In 2006 the "Alliance for the Protection of Bees" was created, in which the German Beekeeping Association and other associations are represented. It campaigns (mainly legally) against green genetic engineering and against pesticides .
In 2010 the citizens' initiative “Bees make schools” was founded. With her, Mellifera brings together educators and beekeepers to offer children an opportunity to learn about bees and about bees.
The “Aurelia Foundation” was founded in 2015 in order to campaign politically for bee protection in Berlin.
Awards
On January 25, 2013, the Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Ilse Aigner, awarded the association's own teaching and experimental beekeeping Fischermühle with the “Organic Farming Award”.
Web links
- Mellifera eV - initiatives for bees, humans, nature
- The fisherman's mill | News and events | news
- Beekeeping Fischermühle / Mellifera eV - consumers at "oekolandbau.de", an information portal of the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food
- Aurelia - Long live the bee
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fischermühle teaching and experimental beekeeping
- ↑ Board of the Deutsche Umwelthilfe ( Memento from March 20, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Long live the bee! - Demeter Baden Württemberg ( Memento from March 20, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Initiators of the Aurelia Foundation - Aurelia Foundation ( Memento from March 20, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Reduce the use of pesticides - provide Deutsche Umwelthilfe and Aurelia Foundation. Press portal, accessed on September 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Sponsorship award for organic farming for apiculture Fischermühle - Mellifera e. V. ( Memento of March 17, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Promotional award for organic farming to the Zähringer winery and the Fischermühle apiary with Mellifera e. V. - Demeter eV ( Memento from March 19, 2019 in the Internet Archive )}
- ↑ Fischermühle training and experimental beekeeping - producer