After intensive discussion I have concluded that it is necessary to build an entire Potemkin internet exactly as it appeared in 2005. You get Wikipedia, forums, news sites, whatever, but no short form video, social media, or AI. When you graduate college you get the password to the real Internet.

Keeping up with the scientific literature is difficult! I have been experimenting with #ChatGPT alerts to produce a weekly, curated #pollination briefing. In this post, I reflect on what makes that approach useful, and why it still needs informed human judgement: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/07/24/k...

Keeping up with pollination: using ChatGPT as a research alert

There is too much science. That is not a complaint about the quantity of research being done. Quite the opposite: it is remarkable how much good work is now being published across the world. But th…

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News about the Joint White Paper "Towards pollinator stewardship in all policies: Policy incoherence in the EU is a major barrier to pollinator restoration" (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) Now in 14 languages! Share these stories with your national policy makers butterfly-europe.eu/media-covera...

Yes — bees get the billboard, but hoverflies, beetles, moths + wasps carry a huge share of the load. @jeffollerton.bsky.social and colleagues (2011) put ~87.5% of the world's flowering plants as animal-pollinated, and it's not bees alone doing that work. #NativePlants #PollinatorGarden -C

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)@ukceh.bsky.social · 3w ago

It's not just about the bees, but all the pollinators! 🐝🪰🦋🪲 #BeesNeedsWeek, which has been running this week, is an annual event to highlight the importance of these vital insects and the ways we can help them thrive. 👀 What small changes have big impacts for pollinators?

Last week, WildPosh partners joined the #ECE2026 in Tours, France. The project was presented by: 🐝Project manager Sara Reverte (UMONS) 🦋 @sabpes.bsky.social (University of Turin) 🪲 Our communications partner @pensoft.net Learn more: www.wildposh.eu/news/wildpos...

WildPosh partners present research at ECE 2026

Last week, WildPosh partners joined the XIII European Congress of Entomology (ECE 2026) in Tours, France. This international conference brought together 1,400 participants to share research on the rol...

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This point needs to be made over and again: The main purpose of wealth taxes should not be to raise revenue. That's a small and secondary benefit. The main purpose should be to *reduce the fortunes of the ultrarich*. Why? Because those fortunes present a massive threat to democracy and public life.

It was a real pleasure to be invited to Westminster to give evidence to this inquiry. I look forward to seeing the final report in November.

Bees, Pollinators and Invertebrates APPG@appg4bees.bsky.social · 4w ago

The Bees, Pollinators and Invertebrates APPG held its first oral evidence session for our inquiry into invasive species and pollinator health 🐝 In particular, thanks to Helen Roy, @philstevenson.bsky.social and @jeffollerton.bsky.social for giving such engaging and detailed evidence!

A roadmap to reverse the decline of wild pollinators and protect managed bees

 buizeradvies.nl/2026/06/26/a... Thanks to @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social e.a. #policy #pollinators @christophehansen.bsky.social The Privet Hawk Moth is a nocturnal pollinator👇 Photo: @jeffollerton.bsky.social

🧵3/3 The preprint of our White Paper is now available to support EU Member States and everyone working on pollinator restoration plans. The final, fully-edited version of the document will be delivered in about a month. Read the preprint: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #PollinatorStewardship

🧵2/3 Agriculture, chemicals, planning, education, finance, trade and research all shape the future of pollinators for better or worse. That is why we call for pollinator stewardship in all policies: a shared responsibility to care for pollinators, their habitats and the services they provide.

🧵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

🐝 Want to survey pollinators with confidence? Join the self‑paced Surveying for Pollinators course with Pollinator Specialist @jeffollerton.bsky.social. Learn techniques & study design for effective monitoring, for ONLY £12.50. 📌 Enrol: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/surv...

Pollinator Survey Methods: Tools for Research & Conservation

Learn practical and advanced pollinator survey techniques in this online course. From transects to trapping, discover methods to monitor bees, butterflies, and more — and see how your data can inform ...

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Escape the European heatwave - stay indoors, stay cool, and enjoy tomorrow's webinar on Plant-Pollinator Interactions and the UN Sustainable Development Goals! There's still time to sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/plant-poll... #Biodiversity #Ecology #Pollinators #UNSDGS #Bees

Plant-Pollinator Interactions and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Learn why plant–pollinator interactions matter, how they underpin the UN SDGs, and what actions can support a pollinator-friendly future.

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Last chance! 🐝🦋 Join Professor @jeffollerton.bsky.social tomorrow for our Skills for Ecology webinar: “Plant–Pollinator Interactions Underpin SDGs”. Explore how pollinators support food security, biodiversity, climate resilience and sustainable development 🧪 🌎 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980275133...

Why do pollinators matter for the UN SDGs? They support food, healthy diets, resilient ecosystems & biodiversity—linking to SDGs on hunger, health, climate & nature 🌎 🧪 Join our webinar with Prof. @jeffollerton.bsky.social on 26th May to learn more! 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980275133...

Sometimes, #science does not go the way you plan. That is usually framed as failure: the experiment did not work, the results were inconclusive, the story was unclear. But science can also advance when we go back to old data and ask a different question: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/05/21/w...

When an old experiment revealed a new story about flowers

Sometimes, science does not go the way you plan. That is usually framed as failure: the experiment did not work, the results were inconclusive, the story was unclear. But science can also advance w…

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Could LLMs like ChatGPT ever replace part of the academic peer-review process? An experiment that I recently conducted suggests possibly yes! jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/04/27/c... #ChatGPT #AI #LLMs #AcademicPublishing

Could LLMs like ChatGPT ever replace part of the academic peer-review process?

Recently, I made a comment over on Steve Heard’s Scientist Sees Squirrel blog: I have never published a paper that’s not been improved, to some degree, by peer review, and broadly the system …

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What does Biodiversity Net Gain mean for pollinators? 🐝 Prof @jeffollerton.bsky.social discusses how BNG may overlook insect needs—and how it could evolve to better support the pollinators behind ~75% of wild plants 🌎 🧪 Watch: youtu.be/PNnUEDs8KeM @britentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social

Biodiversity Net Gain: What Could BNG Mean For Pollinators?

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Peter Raven has passed. A very sad loss, but also a life well lived, and that should be celebrated. I was glad to have the chance to meet Peter, briefly, when I was introduced to him at the International Botanical Congress in Shenzhen. RIP news.mongabay.com/2026/04/pete... #biodiversity #botany

Peter Raven, botanist and advocate for biodiversity, has died, aged 89

Life on Earth is often described as a web, but for much of modern science it was catalogued as a ledger: names, specimens, distributions, relationships drawn in careful lines. Over the course of the 2...

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What the COVID lockdowns taught us about plant-pollinator specialisation in gardens. One of the few positive things to come out of the COVID lockdowns was the unexpected opportunity to look much more closely at the nature right outside our doors: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/04/23/w... #biodiversity

What the COVID lockdowns taught us about plant-pollinator specialisation in gardens

One of the few positive things to come out of the COVID lockdowns was the unexpected opportunity to look much more closely at the nature right outside our doors. In 2020 I coordinated the Lockdown …

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We're looking for records of ground nesting bees around Europe! Can you help? Follow the simple steps below! @aicbrn.bsky.social @esai-irl.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @pomscheme.bsky.social @climatecocentre.bsky.social

Prof. Jeff Ollerton@jeffollerton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join a new citizen science project and help us to uncover the hidden lives of Europe’s ground-nesting #bees - please share with your networks: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/04/02/h...

Pollinators quietly support many UN Sustainable Development Goals – from Zero Hunger to Climate Action. 🐝 🌍 🧪 Join Prof @jeffollerton.bsky.social to explore how plant–pollinator interactions underpin sustainable development. 📅 26 May 2026 | 12:30–14:00 🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980275133...

🧵1/3 Curaçao update: our team is studying the overlooked world of bat and bird pollination. In Curaçao, we survey flower-visiting insects, bats and birds to strengthen knowledge of plant–pollinator interactions in the Dutch Caribbean: butterfly-europe.eu/curacao-nl/ @jeffollerton.bsky.social

Edible #Apocynaceae: a new global synthesis of diversity, conservation and pollination just published – and a personal landmark for me! jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/04/08/e... #biodiversity #food #IUCN #pollinators #sustainability #UNSDGs #botany

Edible Apocynaceae: a new global synthesis of diversity, conservation and pollination just published – and a personal landmark for me!

This year – 2026 – marks the 40th anniversary of my first publication. Forty years. Imagine that – I certainly can’t! It feels like a long time ago, a distant memory, anothe…

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Look for nesting bees. Report your sitings on the nests of ground-nesting to better understand them.

Prof. Jeff Ollerton@jeffollerton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join a new citizen science project and help us to uncover the hidden lives of Europe’s ground-nesting #bees - please share with your networks: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/04/02/h...

#SaveOurWildlife 🦧🦔🐘🦒🦏🦇🦩🦍🐆🦜🦓🦛🦋🐊 #SaveOurFlora 🌲🌴🌵🌾🌿🪷🌺🪻🌳 #BiodiversityCrisis 🐅🪻🦔🪷🐒🌳🪱🪸🐝 #ClimateActionNow 🚨 #KeepItInTheGround 🛢💰⛽️💰🪙⚒️💰💎⛏️ #extinctionisforever 🦕🦖🦤...🐘🦍🦛🐆👨‍👩‍👧‍👧? #StopPoachingWildlife 🦍🦏🐘 #StopSmuggling 🐢🦜🐿 #StopTrophyHunting🦍🦏🐘🦒 #DavidAttenborough 💔 #LifeOnEarth 🌍

Prof. Jeff Ollerton@jeffollerton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join a new citizen science project and help us to uncover the hidden lives of Europe’s ground-nesting #bees - please share with your networks: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/04/02/h...

Major new European research project... [a] citizen science initiative called EuroBeeSoil: "If you spot a bee nest in soil, sand, a lawn, a path edge or a sunlit bank, you can photograph it and upload your record to iNaturalist" 🐝❤️

Prof. Jeff Ollerton@jeffollerton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join a new citizen science project and help us to uncover the hidden lives of Europe’s ground-nesting #bees - please share with your networks: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/04/02/h...

👩‍🔬 You are a citizen scientist who wants to contribute to the conservation of ground-nesting bees? 👉 Check out this initiative by the ProPollSoil project.

Prof. Jeff Ollerton@jeffollerton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join a new citizen science project and help us to uncover the hidden lives of Europe’s ground-nesting #bees - please share with your networks: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/04/02/h...

Join a new citizen science project and help us to uncover the hidden lives of Europe’s ground-nesting #bees - please share with your networks: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/04/02/h...

Help us uncover the hidden lives of Europe’s ground-nesting bees

When most people think about pollinators, they picture bees visiting flowers. But for many species, a large part of life happens elsewhere: in the soil. Many pollinators do not just feed above grou…

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Why should the #legal profession care about #pollinator decline? Because #pollinators sit right at the intersection of #biodiversity loss, food security, business risk, and emerging regulation. Read more about my recent article on this topic here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/04/02/p...

Pollinator decline for legal professionals – a new article explains this complex and important issue

Oxford University Press recently commissioned me to write a piece for their Expert Essentials series, which is designed to give legal professionals an overview of complex topics that increasingly a…

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