85% of sites had suffered declines in pollinator species richness of between 10 and 50% over the past 80-100 years. Maps made more than seventy years ago and records collected by amateur nat... Read more
Two thirds of the crops humans use for food production and the majority of wild plant species depend on pollination by insects such as bees and hover-flies. This ecosystem service, however,... Read more
Insect Pollinators Initiative will look at the multiple reasons thought to be behind devastation of bees, moths and hoverflies A cocktail of chemicals from pesticides could be damaging the b... Read more