Pollinators, and the plants they rely on, can be highly susceptible to changes in the climate. With warmer winter …
Invasive Non-native Species
The recent discovery in Jersey of the invasive Asian Hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) could have dire consequences …
Pollution
Both air pollution and light pollution negatively affects insect pollinators. Air pollution from vehicles, industry …
Diseases
Two of the most significant honeybee diseases locally are Varroa mite and American Foulbrood which both can have serious …
Pesticides and other chemicals
Due to the pressure to produce food for a rapidly growing human population agricultural pesticides and herbicides are …
Intensification of Farming
The Channel Islands has a large amount of farmed land and much of the countryside consists of this type of habitat and …
Habitat Loss
Across the Channel Islands important habitats for pollinators are mainly being lost to the building of homes and other …
Other Insects
Apart from those more well-known pollinators there are a couple of other insects that also contribute to …
Bees
Bees are, arguably, the most important group of insects for pollination of flowers, trees and food crops. Whilst you …
Butterflies & Moths
Another well known group of pollinators are the butterflies and moths with especially the former group being very much …
Hoverflies
Amongst the flies it is the hoverflies that definitely stand alone as the most important pollinators. They pollinate …
Wasps
Often the word ‘wasp’ conjures up all sorts of fears in many of us but there is so much more to them than that. Most …