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Download PDF Bumblebees are probably the UK’s most iconic insect and possibly the ‘bee’s knees’ of the pollinators. CPM finds out more about them and picks up a few ways to make room for them on the farm in a webinar hosted by Nature Friendly Farming Network and the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. Some plants are adapted to hold onto their pollen and only release it when a bumblebee enters its flower By Lucy de la Pasture Mention biodiversity loss and even those with few connections to the natural world will be able to tell you that the bees are in trouble. People care about bumblebees and more often than not, their decline is attributed to agriculture. Their gradual decline began at the end of World War II, explains Clare Flynn of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BBCT). “Loss of habitat has been the single biggest driver due to changes in food production practices in the post-war period which led to the loss of species-rich grassland, in particular.” Eighty years ago food security was a government priority and farmers were encouraged to ‘dig for victory’ and as a result the landscape changed significantly, which had impacts on its flora and fauna. It…
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Download PDF Bumblebees are probably the UK’s most iconic insect and possibly the ‘bee’s knees’ of the pollinators. CPM finds out more about them and picks up a few ways to make room for them on the farm in a webinar hosted by Nature Friendly Farming Network and the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. Some plants are adapted to hold onto their pollen and only release it when a bumblebee enters its flower By Lucy de la Pasture Mention biodiversity loss and even those with few connections to the natural world will be able to tell you that the bees are in trouble. People care about bumblebees and more often than not, their decline is attributed to agriculture. Their gradual decline began at the end of World War II, explains Clare Flynn of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BBCT). “Loss of habitat has been the single biggest driver due to changes in food production practices in the post-war period which led to the loss of species-rich grassland, in particular.” Eighty years ago food security was a government priority and farmers were encouraged to ‘dig for victory’ and as a result the landscape changed significantly, which had impacts on its flora and fauna. It…
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