Picture shows Norbert Schaffer, undated. A biologist has underlined that there is "still a lot of work to do" five years after a groundbreaking referendum sent shockwaves across Bavaria. (LBV, NewsX/Bee)
Illustrative image shows Jasminum nudiflorum, undated. Winter jasmine is an essential nutrition source for bees at the beginning of the year, experts in Germany have emphasised. (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows the Varroa destructor (Varroa mite) an external parasitic mite that attacks and feeds on honey bees, undated. (USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, NewsX/BF)