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Shane Casey, Environmental Awareness Officer for Carlow County Council, tells us about a new management tool for helping pollinators in urban areas.    In April, 2023, Carlow County Council adopted their County Carlow Green Infrastructure Strategy, which contained a novel approach … Continued

  This summer, the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan is inviting schools to help save the bees by taking part in ‘Pitches for Pollinators’. This campaign aims to help Ireland’s pollinators like wild bees by leaving school pitches unmown over the summer, … Continued

Update provided by Prof. Jane Stout, Trinity College Dublin   This blog is part of the ‘Dispatches from Researchers’ series, which features guest articles written by experts in pollination and related fields.   In 2022, we published a research update … Continued

By Carmel O’Neill, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Lacken, Co. Wicklow   Spring In late February 2022, we planted 22m of Whitethorn hedging along the boundary wall of Lacken Church as part of our ongoing project to improve the … Continued

By Dr. Gail MacInnis, The National Bee Diagnostic Centre, Alberta, Canada This blog is part of the ‘Dispatches from Researchers’ series, which features guest articles written by experts in pollination and related fields.   Our study On the Island of … Continued

Pollinator species are active at different times of day and at different times of the year. They have varying behaviour, body size and tongue length, flight distances, habitat and foraging preferences, and susceptibility to stressors and they vary in the … Continued

Small orchards have in the past been a feature of many farms across the island of Ireland, providing traditional varieties of apples, pears, plums and damsons. The crop from the orchard was sometimes destined for local sale or for use … Continued