Happy to share our horizon scan of European wild pollinators is out! We identified 10 priority issues for 10yrs, including, for the 1st time, legislation as an opportunity (NRR). However, political shifts may slow progress, while new pesticide tech presents opportunities. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Horizon scanning for European wild pollinators identifies world-leading legislation as a key opportunity for pollinators - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Horizon scanning for European wild pollinators identifies world-leading legislation as a key opportunity for pollinators

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New data on insect pollinators show a dramatic decline in hoverflies across Great Britain between 2017–2024. 📉 Around one third reduction in abundance & number of hoverfly species recorded as part of @pomscheme.bsky.social www.ceh.ac.uk/press/new-da... 1/ @jncc.bsky.social 🧪

We spent last summer in just a few of the gardens in one village and look at the pollinator diversity!! Hopefully this will get our volunteers excited about the biodiversity in their gardens! I can't wait to show them this and our results this week!! Thanks @willleohawkes.bsky.social!!

🐝 New paper! Do infected honey bees smell different from healthy ones? We found that infection by the gut parasite Vairimorpha spp. changes the volatile compounds emitted by adult honey bees - the first evidence that infected adults develop distinct volatile profiles. doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

It's that time of year again! and much like the Flower Crab Spiders, Spider Spies is coming out of hibernation and running a second year. So if you want to be involved in investigating these colourful spiders and their flower using habits head over to our website foragingecology.com/spider-spies/

Hive mind: I'm on the hunt for any practitioner reports, policy docs, restoration frameworks, or applied conservation reports that explicitly use plant–pollinator interactions or ecological networks in practical conservation/restoration/rewilding? (Not scientific research) 🐝🌻

Great to be partnering with National Garden Scheme on The Big British Garden Survey to reveal the wildlife thriving in our gardens 🦋🐞. Record what you see and help build a national picture of UK #biodiversity. Join in: ngs.org.uk/the-big-brit... 🧪 @abigaillowe.bsky.social

UKBMS results out today! Results from fifty years of butterfly monitoring! The UKBMS data reveals declines in 33 species over the last 50 years. Check out the full story below butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo... And the full 2025 statistics can be found here: jncc.gov.uk/our-work/off...

Fifty years of data reveal specialist butterflies disappearing across UK

An extraordinary dataset of over 44 million records from 782,000 volunteer surveys has revealed what has happened to the UK's butterflies as the national landscape has changed over the past 50…

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The UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme how you give the public a chance to join in and help monitor the health of our pollinators ukpoms.org.uk/home

Welcome to the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS) | PoMS

Pollinating insects play a vital role in our environment, ensuring that many of our crops and wild plants are able to set seed and produce fruit. We need to know how pollinator populations are changing, and with your help we are gathering data on a wide range of flower-visiting insects.

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Hive mind request. I’m looking for long term insect (ideally pollinator) monitoring schemes that have conducted weekly/monthly transects/counts for several years. I know of the Bee walks, UKMS, and PoMs in the UK. I would love some non-UK examples! 🐝🦋🐝🦋🐝🦋

This gasp-inducing documentary shows a man buzzing over the remarkable insects that bumble around his garden … and ended up changing his life www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

My Garden of a Thousand Bees review – a joyous film on the unbearable lightness of bee-ing

This gasp-inducing documentary shows a man buzzing over the remarkable insects that bumble around his garden … and ended up changing his life

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I recommend giving 'Garden of a thousand bees' at watch this week if youre UK based. It's a funny and entertaining watch and all about the ecology of pollinators in gardens (what's not to love). This Wednesday BBC 4 @ 8pm www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Four - My Garden of a Thousand Bees

Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn sets out to film over 60 species of bee in his garden.

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2025 saw bumblebees bounce back from 2024’s worst year on record. But, for many species, numbers are still below average🚨 The latest findings from BeeWalk shows: ⚠️5 species declined even further 📉15 species are below average 📊2 rare species had promising numbers Read on: https://ow.ly/rPgn50YtjhB

Research groups here in Zoology play an important part in Europe’s response to pollinator decline. Read about their recent work: bit.ly/40rpMly @markjfbrown.bsky.social @restpoll.bsky.social @safeguard-pollinators.eu

Really exciting to see this paper out! Using AI to improve the detection of busy bumblebees visiting cherry flowers 🐝🌸🍒 great collaboration between U of Aberdeen and James Hutton Institute 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology@jpollecol.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Devlin et al. developed a novel method for detecting bees in time lapse images, called BeeSAM2. Figure it out in this new methodology paper: Detecting Bees in Cherry Flowers Using Timelapse Images and Foundational Models - doi.org/10.26786/192...

📢 Safeguard releases three new policy briefs! Each of the new briefs translated the project's research into guidance for decision-makers across different policy areas. 👉 Available on the Safeguard project website and in the Safe-hub policy corner: safeguard-pollinators.eu/policy-corner

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📣📣 2-year postdoc position available in my group at the University of Milan (Italy). We are looking for a biologist/entomologist with molecular skills as part of the Horizon ProPollSoil project… | Fab...

📣📣 2-year postdoc position available in my group at the University of Milan (Italy). We are looking for a biologist/entomologist with molecular skills as part of the Horizon ProPollSoil project https:...

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Simon Loughran, @fmanfredini.bsky.social & co explore how natural deformed wing virus infections and cognitive ability shape brain gene expression in honey bee foragers. doi.org/10.1242/bio.... #Transcriptomics #HoneyBees

🦠 A new #SafeguardResearch examines how viruses spread between managed honey bees and wild pollinators - and the results challenge some common assumptions. 👉 Read the full study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #EUPollinators #honeybees #wildpollinators

Nice to be starting 2026 with our new paper with @sei.org on making #CitizenScience biological recording more inclusive @savebutterflies.bsky.social doi.org/10.5334/cstp...

Increasing Inclusivity in Biological Recording in the United Kingdom: Progress to Date and Future Priorities | Citizen Science: Theory and Practice

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If youre looking for a conference this summer, join us at the IUSSI international Congress in Freiburg. If you need somewhere to submit an abstract, some wonderful colleagues and I are hosting a symposium on Conserving Wild Social Insects. Take a look at the brief! iussi2026.org/scientific-s...

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01 – Adult phenotypic plasticity and the regulation of division of labor in social insects Romain Libbrecht, Abel Bernadou This symposium will explore the factors and mechanisms that regulate…

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🌼Sown wildflower plantings can help counter pollinator decline by restoring key resources. A #SafeguardResearch looks into how higher flower diversity supports bees & butterflies - especially in flower‑poor seasons. 👉 Read the full study: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Heather nectar metabolites reduce within-colony epidemics of the bumblebee parasite Crithidia bombi showing that anti microbial compounds in nectar are effective at improving bee health at colony levels. @rbgkew.bsky.social @markjfbrown.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Heather nectar extracts reduce within-colony epidemics of the bumblebee parasite Crithidia bombi

Abstract. Disease and habitat loss are significant causes of pollinator declines, and evidence indicates the two are linked. In Britain, lowland heath is a

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New IUCN Red List data shows worsening trends for Europe’s wild #pollinators: 100 more bee species are now threatened, and the percentage of vulnerable butterfly species is up 76% in a decade. More at: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...

PhD position at the University of Bristol (with me!) entitled 'The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal behaviour, physiology, and fitness'. Fully funded and is available for UK-domiciled students of black heritage. Please reach out with any questions. tinyurl.com/5n7s8yp9

Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal behaviour, physio...

PhD Project - Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal beh...

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PhD applications are now open @treesdla.bsky.social for 2026 intake. Have a look at a project on effects of forest diversity on floral reward production for pollinators that we advertise with @philstevenson.bsky.social. Do apply/get in touch if you are interested! www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff...

We are delighted that our Winter Meeting 2025 in Leuven 🇧🇪 is approaching! Abstract submissions now open: www.iussi-nweurope.org/meetings Date: December 18-19 Abstract deadline: October 15 Host: Laboratory of Socioecology and Social Evolution at KU Leuven Plenary: Ido Pen & @rmash.bsky.social

And if you want proof I now know every single flower in all our 32 project gardens ...

Morgan Morrison@morganmorrison73.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Find out more about my research and the Pollinator Pathmaker Constantine Network on Gardeners' World this week. A great overview of the Pollinator Pathmaker and the great community on which our research is based. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002j9sh

Find out more about my research and the Pollinator Pathmaker Constantine Network on Gardeners' World this week. A great overview of the Pollinator Pathmaker and the great community on which our research is based. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002j9sh

Gardeners' World - 2025: Episode 24

As summer starts to make way for autumn, Monty is harvesting sweetcorn, taking stock of his plants in pots and pruning summer-fruiting raspberries.

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The #BigButterflyCount results are in and it's official... 2025 was an average year for butterflies. See the full results and what can be done to help butterflies and moths 👇 https://butterfly-conservation.org/big-butterfly-count-results-2025