species protection is sorely needed Why did we need Blühwiesen and Blühstreifen flower-visiting insects like honey bees, wild bees, flies, wasps, butterflies and beetles, a crucial function in the ecosystem. You pollinate all in their search for food plants.
80% of all flowering plants depend on pollination by insects. A lack of pollinators for our crops also leads such as fruit, canola, sunflower in significant yield reduction. If pollinators Insects do not or insufficiently available, has an impact on the viability of local animal and plant communities and can lead to the disappearance of species. A local decline in biodiversity of plants can be seen with the disappearance of pollinators name. All insects themselves are in turn food for other animals such as birds, frogs, lizards and many others who should know our children not only from books.
The living conditions of pollinating insects have deteriorated significantly in recent decades. This is evident by the high losses of bees last winter.
In Sydney died in the Last winter 30% of all bees. The situation with the wild bees is more dramatic. 52% of wild bee species, more than half are on the Red List are threatened in their existence. The developments in modern agriculture lead to a dwindling supply of food for pollinating insects. After a rich offer in the spring breaks the food supply in late May / early June, usually together suddenly. Of the crops as nectar and pollen supplier usually left only rape because it no longer Beikrautflora in modern agriculture is. The increasing intensification in grassland with early and frequent mowing - in usually before flowering - offers the Green Land, apart from the dandelion is no significant offer more to make it to the paradoxical situation is that the beekeeper must, in June / July supplementation in their colonies. The wild bees but no one can Supplementation! As the bees can not feed enough and diverse, they are not tough enough to withstand harsh winter and the impact of the varroa mite.
means create Blühwiesen therefore protect bees. Bees means protecting ensure our survival, because
35% of our food, we owe pollinating insects. Not from romantic outbursts of national interest but want to upgrade as our neighbors, the French, in the next 3 years, 12,000 km road floristically. If we do because in Althengstett not a contribution to our future? Apart from the fact that Blühwiesen an "eye candy for the heart and soul" that we can really use in our community!
Chronology of a suggestion and, as in Althengstett civic engagement is thwarted BUND Althengstett experiences in September 2009 that the Regional Council on 6 BUND November 2009 in home home a workshop for the managers of the depots and for urban gardeners offering with the theme "Blooming Landscape in Heckengäu - as public green is colored to Public". Speakers Dieter Felger, Parks Department Director of Mössingen and Mrs. Krueger from the "network flowering landscapes" are. The project is supported by plenary Heckengäu. All the mayors of the region to receive invitations.
on 09/24/2009 asks BUND Althengstett Lord Mayor Dr. Götz our community to participate in this workshop.
On 9/25/2009 responds local builder Mr. Wurster: "Almost every day we get invitations to the various, mostly high-quality seminars.
On 6 November 2009, the local authority at the workshop is not present on this I take as national chairman - and the only non-technical person - part.
end of November 2009 asking the federal executive mayor Mr Fink to a meeting because of the plant in Blühflächen Ottenbronn. The Orstvorsteher would like to invite the local builder and the yard manager and said, "but that it's no longer this year."
On 13 January, instead of this call without the yard manager. We explain why Blühflächen are important and that the Bund with the help of the community, the sowing, the appointment of appropriate signs and public information would accept in Blättle. about the same time we give the mayor a list of possible sites and propose to begin with two faces.
On 26 February weather in terms of time conveniently convert Grubben the envisaged land in the village. (Can Actually, this would have to be made in the previous year, so the grass to rot in winter.) Confederation therefore reminds the mayor. Nothing happens.
On 22 March Ortschaftsrat decided by the two with one abstention in Blühflächen Ottenbronn create.
In April first, an approximately 4x5 meters large area at the rear of the property in the Wasenstraße pushed free from grass. The yard manager tells you that the rest was not possible since, would find himself under the surface foundations. The second plot gusset Manor Farm Road / Lindenweg was because the tree roots and possible cable also suitable. BUND therefore calls on the mayor and suggested an alternative area. The mayor announced that they could resolve the problem in the Wasenstraße by filling with humus. The Bund to the Parks Department asked leaders from Mössingen believes that this is possible.
then invites the congregation a few truckloads of soil (more clay as humus) from.
The members of the Bund to see physically incapable of this distribute earth clods on the entire property and invite the community to deal with this.
The earth is distributed Coarse. Forward on the road remains a large grassy area.
On 15 April looks at the national executive board along with the gardeners of the Calw been achieved, and clarifies what needs to be done for the success of the action yet. The City Gardener, explains that the earth is milled through first a few times and then leveled with the Kreiler had to (prepare like a normal grass surface). Sod, rocks, roots and plastic residues should be read before a decision could be begun with the sowing. The BUND is this Information to the mayor continued.
shares on April 19 with the mayor that the land was milled and lacked the equipment for the next steps and that the measure so should not cause any costs.
On 27 April, the federal executive learns during a meeting with Mayor Dr. Goetz that this will get interesting with the seed on the land only by milled to experiment. The community wanted to take the matter itself. Subsequently, the Federation seeds and signs from the town hall. Dr. Götz assures that the community will also invest in the next year Blühflächen.
BUND - Barbara Fischer
