Insect Pollinators in decline
by Lewis, 13 April, 2019, 1 comments
The science journal Nature has published the results of another insect survey, specifically of pollinating insects. The UK pollinator monitoring scheme looked at some 353 species of bees, bumblebees and hoverflies. The survey analysed 700,000+ sightings of pollinating insects over thirty years or more (1980 to 2013). The survey yielded information about the changes in the range of these different pollinators - that is the different parts of the countryside that these insects were found in. The survey did not attempt to determine actual numbers of bees etc in an area. There were “winners and losers’ in the survey but the overall picture was somewhat depressing. Read more...
