raise awareness to try and improve
pollinator health.
the health of bees in the short term.
First we must address the loss of
habitat suitable for pollinators by
planting more flowers in gardens
and parks as well as on farmland –
this will provide bees with food and
places to live. There should also be
efforts made to reduce pesticide use
in gardens, where neonics can still
be used freely. Organizations such
as the Bumblebee Conservation
Trust promote these efforts and
These strategies are still only in
their infancy. Goulson said: “The
initiatives under way that are trying
to get people to grow more flowers
are a bit of a drop in the ocean at
the moment, but if they gathered
momentum they could make a real
difference.”
References:
1)sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534710000364
2)ibra.org.uk/articles/European-honey-bee-declines/
3)plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0082996
4)theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/08/uk-food-security-honeybees
5) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11698101
6) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338325/
7)rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1787/20140619.full
8)ricehoppers.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Science-2013Stokstad-675.pdf
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