Abejas de Canarias

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Divulgación sobre la diversidad y ecología de las abejas silvestres (y otros polinizadores) del archipiélago canario. Más información en: https://polinizadoresdecanarias.org/

New research estimates the Earth has 2 to 3x more insects species than previously thought. The true number of insect species is at least 14 to 20 million. #IPBES This has profound implications for understanding the scale, richness, and future of biodiversity on Earth. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Constructing a lower-bound estimate of the global number of insect species on a hyperdiverse empirical foundation | PNAS

Estimating the number of insect species on Earth is a daunting challenge. The current consensus estimate—about six million species—is likely far to...

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Pollinator Week reminder 🐝🦋 Protecting pollinators = more than just planting flowers. Pollinators need nesting sites, larval food, healthy soils, connected habitats, and a clean environment. Pollinator stewardship = caring for the complete pollinator life cycle. #PollinatorWeek

Butterfly@butterfly-project.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🧵1/3 It’s #PollinatorWeek 🐝🦋 A moment to celebrate pollinators, and to ask whether our policies truly give them a chance to recover. Our new joint White Paper argues that pollinator restoration needs coherent action across sectors. Read the preprint: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #Pollinators

☀️ What can an arid valley in Tenerife teach us about Europe's pollinators? VALOR's latest fieldwork in Güímar Valley - one of our focal regions - revealed important differences in how different habitats support some of the continent's most threatened species. 👉 valor-project.eu/news/introdu...

Introducing the VALOR Focal Regions: Güímar Valley, Tenerife

The following text was written by Carlos Ruiz Carreira (University of La Laguna). The Güímar Valley is an arid valley nested on the southern slopes of Tenerife in the Canary Islands (Spain). The regi...

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Not all bees are honey-bees. 🐝 Wild bees are most of the +20k bee species in the world. 🌍 They are essential for biodiversity and food systems, yet are declining in many regions. 🏡 On #WorldBeeDay, let’s #SaveTheBees guided by ILK practices: more flower diversity and habitat preservation. 🧪

@nytimes: La cantidad de abejas y otros polinizadores está descendiendo y algunas flores han evolucionado para fertilizar sus propias semillas, en lugar de las de otras plantas, a fin de reproducirse en un proceso llamado autofecundación, según un nuevo estudio. https://t.co/cLLQldGQoz

Tres machos de Eucera rufa (Apidae) no entienden qué pasa: la hembra que buscan copular está paralizada por una Danacosa merlini (Lycosidae). Cuando intenta llevársela, reaccionan y se enfrentan a ella. Naturaleza pura: instinto, confusión y lucha. Laguna del Ojillo (EBD) 🕷️vs🐝 @ebdonana.bsky.social

40% de especies de abejas y 16,5% de polinizadores vertebrados podrían estar amenazados, lo que amenaza a su vez la vida que conocemos. 🌍 Pronta acción podría contribuir a revertir esto. 🏡 Evaluación de los Polinizadores de la IPBES: https://ow.ly/733x50Yy4mC 🧪 Lee más: https://ow.ly/T0Hn50Yy4mB

El colapso silencioso de los polinizadores | Ethic

El descenso de las abejas y otros insectos polinizadores amenaza nuestra alimentación y nuestros ecosistemas. ¿Es posible revertirlo?

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Next presenting at VALOR AGM1 is Carlos Ruiz (University of La Laguna). He reviewed the vulnerability of pollination services across different European biogeographic regions. Work done i scope of Work Package 2: Synthesising knowledge on the role and status of pollination services #VALORmeets2026

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Europe is facing a shortage of taxonomists - the Pollinator Academy sets out to change that. This is an open-source platform created to make taxonomic knowledge accessible to everyone. 👉 Browse free courses and start building your taxonomy skills: pollinatoracademy.eu

Bumblebee up close.

Animal pollination emerged 280 million years ago. Currently, 90% of flowering plant species, including most crops, require animals to maximize their reproduction. However, human-induced rapid environmental change is threatening these mutualistic interactions. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Animal Pollination Under Human-Induced Rapid Environmental Change

Pollination is a key ecological function that ensures plant reproductive success and has important implications at multiple levels of biological organization. Animal pollination emerged 280 million ye...

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