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"RestPoll: Restoring pollinator habitats across European agricultural landscapes based on multi-actor participatory approaches” is an EU-funded project
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naturealexk.bsky.social
Cocoa depends on tiny, often overlooked insects—many of which we don’t really like! See this pic of a great new study www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... by Isabelle Merle & Fabrice Requier
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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grays.art
Male bicolored striped sweat bee
(Agapostemon virescens)

on New England aster flower
(Aster novae-angliae)
10-2-25 in Chicago

#ColorADay #GreenSat #BlueSkyArtShow #small #eastcoastkin #bugsky #native #bees #pollinators #flowers #nature #macro #photography #macroPhotography #chicago #insects #art
Small green, yellow and black bee central top of photo atop orange-yellow flower surrounded by long, thin lavender petals in the foreground, and background.
November 22, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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grays.art
Female Say's Cuckoo Leafcutter Bee
(Coelioxys sayi)
on camphorweed

#stunDay Sunday part II

#eastcoastkin #bees #pollinators #nature #macro #photography #macroPhotography
Eyes to eyes with a bee nectaring a yellow flower with a light green stem
November 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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oikosjournal.bsky.social
🪰🌺Fly pollinator foraging in boreal forests is shaped by climate, forest structure and flower resources

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#CanopyOpenness #ClimateChange #ClimaticRefugia #ConvolutionalNeuralNetwork #DeepLearning #Diptera #ForestComposition #PollinatorConservation #YOLOv5

October 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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worldwildlife.bsky.social
Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis): 12mm (0.47in).This is a species of mason bee, and is known as the red mason bee due to its covering of dense gingery hair. Amazing photo taken by Laura Corkindale of a Mason bee female laying eggs and filling the cavity with food in Hampshire, UK 🐝 #redmasonbee #bee
November 16, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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delwynd.bsky.social
#Agrivoltaics moving into the mainstream in #Italy
Would be good to see some horticultural production in the mix, beyond sheep.
Italy awards 2 GW in agrivoltaic tender backed by #EU funds.
#agsky #energysky
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/i...
Italy awards 2 GW in agrivoltaic tender backed by EU funds
Italy’s Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (MASE) says 747 projects have been selected under the nation’s first agrivoltaic program, backed by €1.7 billion ($1.9 billion) from European re...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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jeffollerton.bsky.social
Pollinators and politics in China:

jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/11/14/p...

#China #Bees #Pollinators #Biodiversity
Pollinators and politics in China
Last week I returned from a 14 day visit to China to colleagues at the Kunming Institute of Botany in Yunnan, part of a three-year commitment to working there that I documented on the blog last yea…
jeffollerton.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
restpoll.bsky.social
“No mosquitoes, no chocolate.” Cacao is pollinated by mosquitoes, not bees. More insights from TEDxMitte 2025 — keep an eye on our socials!
#TEDxMitte #Biodiversity #Pollination
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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jeremysell.bsky.social
Masked bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Hylaeus spp.) spend a lot of time collecting pollen for their young, like this one on a sulphur cinquefoil (Rosaceae: Potentilla recta). They lack the transport hairs most bees have and carry it in a secondary "honey stomach." Clayton Michigan, 27 Jun 2014.
Masked bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Hylaeus spp.) spend a lot of time collecting pollen for their young, like this one on a sulphur cinquefoil (Rosaceae: Potentilla recta). They lack the transport hairs most bees have and carry it in a secondary "honey stomach." Clayton Michigan, 27 Jun 2014. Masked bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Hylaeus spp.) spend a lot of time collecting pollen for their young, like this one on a sulphur cinquefoil (Rosaceae: Potentilla recta). They lack the transport hairs most bees have and carry it in a secondary "honey stomach." Clayton Michigan, 27 Jun 2014.
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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madrinkwater.bsky.social
The bird and the bee 💛
#pollinators #bees #hummingbird #birds #naturephotography #photography 📷 🪶
While photographing a hummingbird feeding on yellow flowers, a bee flew over.
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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worldwildlife.bsky.social
Hoverflies (family Syrphidae): As their common name suggests, these important Pollinators are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers. They are the second most important pollinator after Bees. Lovely photo taken by Richard Burkmar in Middlesex, UK. #hoverfly #hoverflies #wildlife #pollinators
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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creaf.cat
We’re very happy to have hosted this year’s annual meeting in Barcelona. It’s been an intense but truly rewarding week — and we’re already looking forward to next year’s gathering! ✨ @uni-freiburg.de
October 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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creaf.cat
We also visited the experimental fields at IRTA Mas Badia, where we were able to see the #LivingLabs and the experiments currently being carried out. On our way to #BaixEmpordà, we visited Fructícola Empordà orchards and Mooma’s facilities 🍎🍷
October 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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creaf.cat
Over two days, we exchanged updates on the project’s progress and worked collaboratively across the different work packages, covering #research, cooperation with #farmers, #communication, and much more 😍🍏
October 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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creaf.cat
No pollinators, no food! 🐝⚠️

At CREAF, we work to restore pollinator habitats across #Europe

Here’s one of our contributions 👇
Bee next to a flower, pic by Galdric Mossoll / CREAF
October 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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sebastianlakner.bsky.social
Next week in the EU-Parliament (11.11.2025, 13:30-15), we will discuss the future of sustainable farming in Europe and the alignment or non-alignment of the CAP with sustainability criteria, based on @agtransect.bsky.social and #CAP4GI.
Announcement of the event on 11.11.2025, 13:30-15:00 in the EU- Parliament "How can the CAP drive sustainable farming practices: Voices from farmers and science, and an evaluation of the CAP proposal"
November 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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pauenric.bsky.social
‼️🚨My first PhD paper out in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social

We built an automated camera system to detect plant–pollinator interactions (day & night) and compared networks from cameras vs. focal observations.

📜👉 doi.org/10.1111/2041...

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@imedea.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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bigearthdata.bsky.social
First documented case of plant smelling like an ant to attract pollinators
->Mongabay | #pollinator | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
First documented case of plant smelling like an ant to attract pollinators
For the first time, scientists have documented a plant that mimics the smell of injured ants to attract pollinators. A dogbane species native to Japan, releases chemical compounds that match the odor ants give off when attacked by spiders. Flies...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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patrlynch1.bsky.social
Lift-off! Common Eastern Bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) and coneflower.
🧪🌿🌎 #garden #biodiversity #pollinators #photography #macro #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #insects #bees
Close 3-exposure photo of a bumblebee taking off from a red coneflower.
October 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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thebeeguy.bsky.social
‘Good Morning!
Oh..and in case I don’t see ya…Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Good Night…’
#morning
#bees
#nature
#worldbeesanctuary
October 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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stevetypesstuff.bsky.social
Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
#InsectBookClub

@jeffollerton.bsky.social
Pollinators and Pollination by Jeff Ollerton A bumblebee flies away from the viewer towards clover flowers.
October 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social
Adaptive rewiring and temperature tolerance shape the architecture of plant-pollinator networks globally https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.19.683289v1
October 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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jillwhitelock.bsky.social
A little Ivy bee in West Cambridge last week. #WildWebsWednesday 📷 #photography
Side view of a small striped Ivy bee on a ball of Ivy flowers.
October 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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markjfbrown.bsky.social
The Cambridge crew living their best lives and enjoying the @restpoll.bsky.social 🍎 🍏 production tour @camzoology.bsky.social @zoologymuseum.bsky.social @globalfoodcamb.bsky.social
5 Cambridge scientists in protective gear before a tour of sustainable apple production facilities
October 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
In case it might be of interest to anyone who comes across this post... you can listen to my book 'Dancing with Bees - a journey back to nature' on Audible.

Preview here: www.audible.co.uk/pd/Dancing-w...

#bumblebees #pollinators #trees #nature #naturewriting #wildlife
October 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM