Mir­ja Neff is a BUND wild bee ambassa­dor, a natu­ral gar­den plan­ner trai­ned by the natu­ral gar­den spe­cia­list Ahorn­blatt Gar­ten, a natu­re pho­to­grapher, a gar­den gui­de in Rhein­hes­sen and the gar­den owner of a 600 m² natu­ral gar­den with over 70 wild bee spe­ci­es in it. She has crea­ted two out­stan­ding web­sites. Wildbienengarten.de pro­vi­des infor­ma­ti­on on gar­dening for wild bees — with plant com­bi­na­ti­ons for replan­ting and lots of back­ground infor­ma­ti­on. The Plan­ting sug­ges­ti­ons and flowe­ring calen­dar as a PDF for every bed size and every loca­ti­on help to plant wild­flowers in beau­tiful, func­tio­ning com­mu­ni­ties in the gar­den and on the bal­c­o­ny. This also encou­ra­ges spe­cia­li­zed wild bees and but­ter­flies, which depend on many of the plants shown the­re and in the pre­sen­ta­ti­on for their sur­vi­val. 

Con­tent of the pic­tu­re pre­sen­ta­ti­on:

With this lec­tu­re, the wild bee ambassa­dor con­veys the joy of pho­to­gra­phy. She gives lots of prac­ti­cal tips, but is less con­cer­ned with tech­ni­cal details. You’­ve come to the right place if you’­ve only taken pho­tos so far, then this is the right lec­tu­re for you to get ahead. If you have been pho­to­gra­phing insects for a long time, per­haps with a came­ra, you may still get some­thing out of it, becau­se it is about important basics bey­ond the tech­no­lo­gy. By pho­to­gra­phing and focu­sing on details, we can get to know many more ani­mals. Have fun taking pho­tos!