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PollinERA aims to reverse #pollinator population declines and reduce the harmful impacts of #pesticides

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Spotted in Portland, USA 🧐
PollinERA project materials were displayed at #EntSoc25, an event organised by @entsocamerica.bsky.social 🐝
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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🌏 A field survey of the #pollinators of a rare Australian wildflower led Kit S. Prendergast to describe the 🐝 Megachile lucifer #bee in hope to bring new light to the #conservation of native #bees and their native #habitats.

🗞️ News via @washingtonpost.com.
🔓 Research paper from @jhr.pensoft.net
Scientists discovered a bee with devil horns. Meet ‘Lucifer.’
Only female bees from the new species have the distinctive horns, scientists said, after it was discovered in a remote part of Western Australia.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🐝 Meet Bombus terrestris, the buff-tailed bumble bee.
Bombus terrestris is a key crop pollinator and a model species in pesticide risk assessment.
This is the final study species featured in our #PollinERAspecies campaign.
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Spot us in the newest newsletter from our sister project.
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WildPosh highlighted our introductory video, which was launched in June 2025.

📽️ Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYGD...
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
In September 2025, PollinERA research was presented at the international interdisciplinary conference "Multifunctional Farming: Landscape, People, Food and Ecology" in Rzeszów, Poland.

💻 Full article on our website: pollinera-horizon.eu/news/polline...
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🦋 Meet Pieris napi, the green-veined white.

It is bred in captivity as a model species for studying pesticide toxicity in non-pest butterflies - a knowledge gap addressed in PollinERA.

Find out more about it through our #PollinERAspecies campaign.
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
PollinERA was presented at the SETAC 13th Young Environmental Scientists Meeting in the UK.
Agnieszka Bednarska & Dominika Twaróg of the Institute of Nature Conservation of the Polish Academy of Sciences shared results from PollinERA's WP1.
🔗More on our website: pollinera-horizon.eu/news/polline...
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🐝 Meet Eristalis tenax, the common drone fly.

This widespread hoverfly species is found across the globe. Their resemblance to honey bees even helps them avoid predators.

Find out more about them through our #PollinERAspecies campaign.
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🌼 Sphaerophoria scripta is an aphidophagous hoverfly widely distributed in Europe.
Adults feed on pollen and nectar from diverse flowering species, contributing both to pollination and aphid control.
Learn more about it from our #PollinERAspecies campaign.
October 30, 2025 at 6:01 AM
🐝 Meet Osmia bicornis, the red mason bee.
This solitary bee is common across Europe and active in spring.
Osmia bicornis is the next featured species in our #PollinERAspecies campaign, introducing the pollinators studied under PollinERA.
October 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🦋 Meet Noctua pronuba, the large yellow underwing.
This moth species belongs to the family Noctuidae, a group of important yet often overlooked pollinators.
Find out more about them from our #PollinERAspecies campaign.
October 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🔙 Looking back at our September activities, PollinERA has conducted a two-day hybrid workshop about Pollinator Survival Modelling and Parameter Estimation.

🖥️ Read our latest news article to find out more: pollinera-horizon.eu/news/polline...
October 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🐝 Meet Apis mellifera, the Western honey bee.
The launch of #PollinERAspecies introduces the pollinators observed within PollinERA’s research.
Find out why Apis mellifera was selected as one of our key study species.
October 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Unlocking the new social media campaign tomorrow. 🐝
Stay tuned until then 📲

Read more about it here: pollinera-horizon.eu/news/meet-po...
October 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
❗ The latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species update shows growing threats to Europe's pollinators.

🔗 Read our latest news article to find out more:https://pollinera-horizon.eu/news/new-iucn-assessment-reveals-worsening-trends-europes-wild-bees-and-butterflies
October 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🐝 #PollinERAfaces: Maj Rundlöf

Maj is an Associate Professor of Biology at Lund University in Sweden. In PollinERA, she leads Work Package 4.

Explore Maj’s full profile in our diary.

✨ This is the final entry in our #PollinERAfaces campaign.
October 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
PollinERA joins the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the International Pollinators Initiative #IPI25.

PollinERA aims to reverse pollinator population declines and reduce the harmful impacts of pesticides. 🐝

Learn more about the project here: pollinera-horizon.eu
#UNPollinators
October 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🐝#PollinERAfaces: Agnieszka Bednarska

Assistant Professor at the Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University.

Find out about her from our diary entry 📖
October 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🔬 #PollinERAfaces: Elżbieta Ziółkowska

Elżbieta is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Environmental Sciences and the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management at the Jagiellonian University and a Special Consultant in the SESS at Aarhus University.

Learn more about her 👇
October 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🔬 #PollinERAfaces: Ryszard Laskowski

Ryszard is a full professor and head of the Terrestrial Ecology and Ecotoxicology Research Team at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

Learn more about him from our diary 👇🏼
October 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🐝#PollinERAfaces: Ove Jonsson

Ove is a senior analytical chemist working in the pesticide laboratory at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).

✨ Explore the full profile in our diary
October 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🧪 #PollinERAfaces: Anna Lombardo

Anna is a researcher at the Mario Negri Institute in Milan, working on WP2 of #PollinERA to develop models that predict pesticide toxicity and modes of action for pollinators.

Read more about her in today's diary entry 📖
October 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🧪 #PollinERAfaces: Emilio Benfenati

Head of Environmental Health Sciences at Mario Negri Institute. Developer of VEGAHUB. Contributor to 50+ EU projects and ~600 publications.

🔍 Read more in the diary
October 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Check your inboxes! 📬

PollinERA has released its second #newsletter!

💻Read the full newsletter here: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/9132...

Don’t forget to subscribe to the PollinERA newsletter; the next edition is coming in December.
September 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🦋 #PollinERAfaces: Lars Pettersson

Lars is an Associate Professor of Animal Ecology at Lund University, Sweden. In #PollinERA, he contributes to WP3 and WP4, focusing on #moths and #butterflies.

📝 Tap into the diary to learn more about his role.
September 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM