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  • Pollinators & Pollination
    • Why Care About Pollinators?
    • Meet the Pollinators
    • Threats to Pollinators
  • How to Help
    • Flower to the People
    • Plants for Pollinators
    • Map Your Pollinator Friendly Area
    • Bee Hotels
    • Bug Hotels
    • Pollinator Monitoring
  • Projects
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • About
  • Resources
    • Downloads
    • Useful Links
    • Recommended Books About Pollinators
    • Recommended Wildlife Gardening Books

Pollinators & Pollination

Climate Change

09/01/2020 //  by Tim Ransom

Pollinators, and the plants they rely on, can be highly susceptible to changes in the climate. With warmer winter …

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Invasive Non-native Species

09/01/2020 //  by Tim Ransom

The recent discovery in Jersey of the invasive Asian Hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) could have dire consequences …

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Pollution

09/01/2020 //  by Tim Ransom

Both air pollution and light pollution negatively affects insect pollinators. Air pollution from vehicles, industry …

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Diseases

09/01/2020 //  by Tim Ransom

Two of the most significant honeybee diseases locally are Varroa mite and American Foulbrood which both can have serious …

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Pesticides and other chemicals

09/01/2020 //  by Tim Ransom

Due to the pressure to produce food for a rapidly growing human population agricultural pesticides and herbicides are …

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Intensification of Farming

09/01/2020 //  by Tim Ransom

The Channel Islands has a large amount of farmed land and much of the countryside consists of this type of habitat and …

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Habitat Loss

09/01/2020 //  by Tim Ransom

Across the Channel Islands important habitats for pollinators are mainly being lost to the building of homes and other …

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bombus bumblebee

Why Care About Pollinators?

31/12/2019 //  by Jon Rault

Insect pollinators not only fill our environment with life, colour and beauty, these fascinating little creatures are …

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Western honeybee Apis mellifera

Meet the Pollinators

31/12/2019 //  by Jon Rault

Pollinators are animals that transfer pollen from the male parts of flowers to female parts of other compatible flowers, …

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Photograph of a field of oilseed rape being sprayed with neonicotinoid pesticides

Threats to Pollinators

31/12/2019 //  by Jon Rault

The first national survey of pollinating insects across Great Britain was published in 2019. The study revealed that a …

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