Soil image as a biotope overlapping bee pasture
On the occasion of its 110th anniversary, Volksbank Raiffeisenbank Dachau eG is once again committed to true sustainability and native biodiversity. Wild bees, bees, bumblebees and butterflies are allowed to fly on the "110" sown with field and wild flowers. Here they find food and a biotope-spanning unsprayed retreat.
The anniversary logo was sown in the Dachau district with a field and wildflower mixture using GEOXIP's VectorSeed technology and connects several local biotope areas. While fields are mowed all around, the flower logo provides a small but rich habitat for all kinds of beneficial insects, soil life and, of course, field hares. The flower mixture includes numerous soil-improving plants, for example those that, as deep-rooted plants, absorb Co2 and nitrogen from the air and bind them permanently in the soil as humus.
Video: Seen from the air - ground picture as a bee pasture
Habitat explained in 54 seconds: While there is hardly any food and habitat for insects left all around after mowing, the ground picture represents a valuable and biotope-connecting habitat. Each digit of the soil image "110" forms its own flowering island.
Youtube video link: https://youtu.be/qXXwdi_WuhA
What is actually blooming on the field advertising?
On the ground picture "110" you will find many native plants from the now rare sainfoin, the wild coriander to the ancient rye. If you want to know more about them, we have compiled the plant profiles with numerous details such as the name of the plant, special features, bee value and much more: https://geoxip.com/biodivers/?bioparameter=36415c7&auswahl=dc4482
Get excited about biodiversity and sow your own seeds
Even in the smallest space, everyone can create a biotope and promote our native biodiversity. Accompanying the sown ground picture there were several thousand seed bags with all kinds of valuable flowering plants.
You can find out more about nature sponsorship at https://www.vr-dachau.de/wir-fuer-sie/engagement/naturpatenschaft.html.
You can find information about sustainable field advertising with sown ground pictures of native field and wild flowers on our website https://geoxip.com/.
Special thanks to frametraxx /Awaiting The Unstoppable, Paul Werner, Stefan Harrer, Pixabay/John Naphat.
Field advertising with biodiversity
Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia agg.)
Sainfoin is a soil-improving deep-rooted plant. It has root nodules with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Nectar is abundant and accessible to short-tailed bees/wild bees; the plant is an excellent bee pasture. Sainfoin is one of the most important plants that can use nitrogen from the air. In the past, sainfoin was widely used as horse or cattle feed. Its economic importance today is more as a beautiful component of colorful, insect-friendly mixtures. Here it is one of the most important components of eligible ecological priority areas.
Color scale: purple, magenta, pink. Flowering peak in the months 5-9, blueh span 4 months.
Common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
For the beekeeper, buckwheat is a high-yield crop, along with phacelia and canola. Every 10,000 square meters can feed 3 to 4 bee colonies and produce valuable honey. But also songbirds love the seeds of buckwheat and are happy about the abundant food supply. For humans, buckwheat is a gluten-free alternative to rye or wheat.
Color scale: white, purple. Flowering peak in the months 6-9, blueh span 3 months.
Way mallow (Malva neglecta)
Way mallow (Malva neglecta) is the little sister of the wild mallow. From which it differs not only in the size and coloration of flowers, but also in height. Malva neglecta grows barely 50 centimeters high, its shoots growing ascending or lying down. It shows its white flowers interspersed with pale pink stripes from June to September.
Color scale: purple, pink. Flowering peak in the months 6-10, blueh span 4 months.
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
As a bumblebee and bee plant, safflower is also the ideal bird food. The yellow-orange to red flowers are a magnet for humans and animals. In the past, the plant was used to dye wool and silk. In human nutrition, it has as safflower oil increasingly friends in the kitchen and (top) gastronomy.
Color scale: pink, purple, bluish, orange. Flowering peak in the months 4-7, blueh span 3 months.
Much more at https://geoxip.com/biodivers/?bioparameter=36415c7&auswahl=dc4482
