🐝 The pollinator nests installed by 35+ volunteers in Coimbra’s Vale das Flores Urban Forest are already showing signs of occupation! Several cavities have been sealed with leaves, mud or other materials, indicating nesting by wild bees. 🌿 #BeeConnectedSUDOE

🐝 A polli.NET e o @flowerlab.bsky.social participaram no Encontro Ciência e Inovação 2026. João Loureiro (@jloureiro13.bsky.social) destacou a ligação entre ciência, monitorização e ação territorial, articulando o Plano de Ação para os Polinizadores e o Plano Nacional de Restauro da Natureza.

Uma edição PT do documento conjunto 'Rumo à salvaguarda dos polinizadores em todas as políticas' já está disponível. Este analisa como a incoerência nas políticas pode dificultar a recuperação dos polinizadores e apresenta 15 recomendações para ação. 🐝🌼 butterfly-europe.eu/en/wp-conten...

Rumo à salvaguarda dos polinizadores em todas as políticas A incoerência das políticas na UE constitui um importante obstáculo ao restauro dos polinizadores Traduzido do inglês (zenodo.org/records/2071...) por @jloureiro13.bsky.social butterfly-europe.eu/en/wp-conten...

News on our White Paper on Pollinator Stewardship doi.org/10.5281/zeno... In 11 languages: +Danish +Dutch +English +Finish +French +Indonesian +Italian +Norwegian +Polish +Russian +Spanish Forward widely to your national networks @butterfly-project.bsky.social butterfly-europe.eu/media-covera...

The recordings of the 5th Annual Meeting of polli.NET are now available on the polli.NET YouTube channel 📺: www.youtube.com/@RedeColabor... Thank you to all participants, speakers and moderators, and to SPECO for the logistical support with the online broadcast. #polliNET #Pollinators #Pollination

🐝New FLOWer Lab paper in @pnas.org, led by @catarinasiopa.bsky.social, in close collaboration with Marcelo Aizen, and Agustín Sáez A meta-analysis of 86 pollinator-dependent crops shows that pollination limitation remains widespread, but has declined by ~50% since the 1950s doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Global decline in pollination limitation of pollinator-dependent crops | PNAS

Biotic pollination benefits 75% of crops, representing about 35% of global food production. Given widespread reports of pollinator decline over the...

doi.org

🐝🪰🦋 A V Reunião Anual da polli.NET realiza-se a 25 de junho de 2026, online. A manhã será dedicada ao PolinizAÇÃO e a tarde à partilha de projetos, ferramentas, práticas e ciência cidadã sobre polinizadores. Inscrições: forms.gle/NsFKHcphY7fA...

These days, you may have seen many Painted Ladies (Vanessa cardui) 👀🦋 But did you know they make an extraordinary journey of more than 10,000 km between Africa and Europe, across successive generations? 🌍 🔗 Download the poster here: catalanbms.org/en/recursos/

Oh yeah if bees are so smart why are they called "bumbles"

Bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, study finds

Scientists in Finland found bees could solve an insect version of the classic "box-and-banana" problem.

arstechnica.com

🐝 World Bee Day is here! We are sharing the very first Butterfly newsletter: butterfly-europe.eu/news/newslet... Stories from Living Labs, AI for pollinators, soil-dependent pollinators, a message from a solitary bee, and more. We invite you to read, share and join us on the Butterfly journey🐛🦋

🎉 Tomorrow, CETAF kicks off #TaxonomyRecognitionDay at the 8th Knowledge of Chamber! We'll be at the House of European History & Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences talking about taxonomy & @tettris.eu Join our #NameItToSaveIt campaign! 📸🌱 #TRD2026 #Biodiversity

🟡 🌿 Wrapping up a busy week at #BioMonWeek2026 #CETAF contributed to discussions on biodiversity monitoring and highlighted TETTRIs-linked outcomes supporting taxonomic capacity building in Europe. Excited to see @tettris.eu featured in the new #CORDIS Results Pack 🔗 cetaf.org/cetaf-biomon...

🐝🌸 Celebrating World Bee Day with this beautiful interaction recorded during last Saturday’s Scientific Expedition to the Berlengas. The bee Anthophora mucida visiting the endemic plant Echium rosulatum subsp. davaei 🌿 Without pollinators, there is no life. #WorldBeeDay #Pollinators #FLOWerLab

BeeConnected SUDOE - day 3 of the May sampling in the city of Coimbra!

Panurgus taking a nap at Drosophyllum lusitanicum! Until someone wakes them up.... Buzz....

BeeConnected SUDOE - início da amostragem de maio em jeito de homenagem do centenário do Sir David Attenborough! Muitos Parabéns Grande Mestre! BeeConnected SUDOE - start of the May sampling as a tribute to the centenary of Sir David Attenborough! Many Congratulations, Great Master!

📣 Estão abertas as inscrições para a V Reunião Anual da polli.NET 🐝 🗓️ 25 junho 2026 💻 Online O formulário permite também submeter propostas de apresentações sobre projetos e iniciativas na área dos polinizadores e da polinização. 👉 forms.gle/NsFKHcphY7fA... Contamos convosco 🌼

World Bee Day is coming! 🐝 But 20 May is also a day for all pollinators, including flies. True flies (dipterans) are essential pollinators! 🪰 Read the paper about dipterans: doi.org/10.1111/eea.... Learn more about World Bee Day: www.fao.org/world-bee-da... #WorldBeeDay #Diptera

Contributions of Dipterans to Pollination Services and Biological Control

The work highlights the roles of dipterans, including pollination and biological control. These combined functions demonstrate their importance in sustaining ecosystem services and enhancing agricult...

doi.org

Listen to the slow-motion buzz of this Red-tailed bumblebee enjoying a dandelion buffet 🌼🐝 Many plants considered as “weeds” are great sources of food for bumblebees. By letting these plants grow this #NoMoMay – and, if you can, beyond – you’ll be making a big difference for bumblebees ❤️

🐝🪰🦋 Guardem a data! A V Reunião Anual da rede polli.NET terá lugar online a 25 de junho de 2026. A manhã será dedicada ao projeto PolinizAÇÃO e tarde para projetos e iniciativas dos membros. Inscrições e submissão de resumos em breve.

Yummm! These seven flowering herbs are loved by bumblebees🌿🐝 🍽️ Add heaps of flavour to your meals. 🪴 Great for containers and small spaces. 👌 One of the easiest things you can grow. 💛 An absolute favourite of many bumblebees! Discover our best bumblebee-friendly herbs: https://ow.ly/uesg50YLbHi

🐝 Pollinator Spotlight: Today we’re talking about the genus Xylocopa! Did you know there are over 9 species found across Europe? Swipe to learn more about this fascinating genus! What is your favourite species of Xylocopa? Tell us in the comments! 👇 #Pollinatoracademy #PollinatorSpotlight #Xylocopa

El mismo sírfido ya con la cámara. Diría que esta belleza es una Eupeodes.

Javier Martín@txaverius.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Un sírfido comiendo polen de una col china en mi ventana. Grabado con el móvil. Un

Blueberry Buzzzzzzz!

🫐🌼 Operation Violet Beauregarde is underway! At Viseu’s Agricultural Station, we’re testing how pollination affects blueberry yield and fruit quality, comparing open, cross and self-pollination. A hands-on experiment led by Helena Castro during Cleyton Tenório’s research stay in Portugal 🐝

🐝🌍 Portugal’s Pollinator Action Plan is now featured in @apimondia.bsky.social. This is an important step not only for wild pollinators, but also because the Plan includes concrete actions to safeguard the honey bee and support the beekeeping sector in Portugal. 🔗 apimondia.org/uncategorize...

Great news for Portuguese bees and beekeepers! - APIMONDIA

Photo credits: João Loureiro Portugal just became one of the first southern European countries to approve a formal national plan for pollinator conservation — and for the beekeeping community, the tim...

apimondia.org

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

Plano de acção para reverter declínio dos polinizadores foi aprovado com verba para dois anos. Zero aplaude documento, mas lamenta falta de “músculo” político e financeiro.

Portugal já tem um plano para salvar abelhas, borboletas e moscas-das-flores

Plano de acção para reverter declínio dos polinizadores foi aprovado com verba para dois anos. Zero aplaude documento, mas lamenta falta de “músculo” político e financeiro.

publico.pt

🐝🪰🦋 O Polinizadores em Ação: Plano para a Conservação e Sustentabilidade dos Polinizadores foi alvo de destaque no @publico.pt, com declarações de Helena Ceia, do ICNF, Sílvia Castro, coordenadora da polli.NET e do PolinizAÇÃO, e Paulo Lucas da ZERO. Leiam abaixo! www.publico.pt/2026/04/12/a...

Portugal já tem um plano para salvar abelhas, borboletas e moscas-das-flores

Plano de acção para reverter declínio dos polinizadores foi aprovado com verba para dois anos. Zero aplaude documento, mas lamenta falta de “músculo” político e financeiro.

publico.pt