Bee as well as hover fly populations have been declining in recent decades. How can you make your environment as attractive as possible to these wild pollinators?
Reading time: 10 minutes Tags: Research, business Source = ‘Groene Gewasbescherming’ (Green Crop Protection)
Pollination by insects is of inestimable importance for more than 75% of our food crops, as well as for many plants growing in the wild. Wageningen University & Research (WUR), together with the EIS Knowledge Centre for Insects and the Dutch Butterfly Foundation, has created eco profiles for these pollinators. These profiles allow us to see the landscape through the eyes of a bee. The study into the eco profiles revealed, for example, that bees tend to look for an environment that you could compare to a bed & breakfast. This environment has to have areas with lots of flowers (for food) and nesting places (for sleeping) located in close proximity to each other.
Read about the measures you can take, in both agricultural and urban areas, to make the landscape more attractive for bees and insects.
Read the full article here: https://www.government.nl/documents/reports/2018/02/02/nl-pollinator-strategy-bed--breakfast-for-bees