Wetlands are a broad concept that includes several different habitat types, such as bogs, beaches, marshes, and bogs. These environments are vital for many species, not least for our small animals and their eggs and larvae. A high incidence of …
Insects
More Small Animals – Richer Birdsong!
Eat as much as possible before eating yourself. It is life-threatening for most tiny animals, who often eat each other. Through evolution, small animals have invented various tricks to access their food. Take the oil beetles, for example. Their larvae …
When Farm Animals Thrive, the Need for Chemicals Decreases
How would you react if a double-tail suddenly came crawling over your foot? For example, the double tail has a fantastic task as a pest controller in our orchards. A single double-tail insect can eat thousands of aphids during its …
Pollination – no Side Effect
Dream back to a hot summer day for a short while. On the way home from the beach, you have just settled on an outdoor terrace for coffee and blueberry pie. You’re just about to take a bite when a …
Is Insecticide-Free Cotton Possible?
Honey bees produce honey and earthworms break down our compost – this is knowledge many of us know. But did you know that a ladybug can eat up to 2500 aphids during its lifetime? Or that flower flies are important pollinators? Without all …
Hmm… Possible? … More than 100%?
No, of course not. But… to grow a kilo of cotton requires 1 to 1.5 kilos of chemicals and a pair of cotton pants weighs between 0.5 to 0.8 kilos [1], so…
For over an hour, these chemicals work …
