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Protecting rare pollinators: Helping the Large Carder Bee in your local community

30th August 2022

The Large Carder Bee (Bombus muscorum) is a species of bumblebee, also commonly known as the Moss Carder Bee. Bombus muscorum is listed as Near Threatened in the Irish Red List of Bees (2006) and as Vulnerable in the European … Continued

Webinar – Origin Green ‘Pathways to Biodiversity’ – A Company Viewpoint, 14 September 2022

9th August 2022

Origin Green, Bord Bia’s food sustainability programme, in conjunction with the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan (AIPP) will be hosting the next ‘Pathways to Biodiversity’ webinar. The webinar will focus on how companies are interacting with the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan and Bord … Continued

Hoverflies, the ‘Farmers Friend’.

3rd August 2022

There are around 180 different species of Hoverfly in Ireland. They are important pollinators of plants and crops, the second most important after wild bees. Hoverflies may only live a few days to a few weeks, with many of … Continued

A Farm Biodiversity Walk, by Alan Poole

3rd August 2022

To introduce myself, my name is Alan Poole, formerly an ecologist and now an intensive dairy farmer from Gorey Co. Wexford. Also, on my team are, my wife Cheryl and 3 children. Last winter while doing some mundane job on … Continued

Protecting the Northern Colletes Bee

29th June 2022

Funded by the Environment Fund from Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), the research to learn more about a rare solitary bee known as the Northern Colletes bee (Colletes floralis) was commissioned by the National Trust NI and carried … Continued

Whitechurch Parish on Becoming Bee-aware

24th June 2022

By Reg Richards, Whitechurch Parish Since 2010, we at Whitechurch Parish (Church of Ireland) in Rathfarnham, Dublin, have been transforming the church grounds and graveyard into a bee-friendly area with very helpful literature from the National Biodiversity Data … Continued

Mullingar Shamrocks GAA: Green by Emblem, Green by Nature

20th June 2022

By Joan Crawford, Mullingar Shamrocks Green Clubs Officer Here in the Mullingar Shamrocks GAA Club we have been ‘as busy as bees’ making positive changes for the betterment of our flora, fauna, pollinators at large and biodiversity in general. … Continued

The Elephant in the Room: Wildflower Seed Mixes

27th May 2022

By Dr Noeleen Smyth We would never tolerate the release of an exotic animal to our wider environment yet we appear happy to release packets of unregulated wildflowers. Just as we enjoy seeing exotic animals from all over the … Continued

New evidence-based guidelines on creating solitary bee nest sites

24th May 2022

Protecting Farmland Pollinators In 2019, the National Biodiversity Data Centre received funding through the Department of Agricultural, Food and the Marine for a five-year European Innovation Partnership (EIP) project called ‘Protecting Farmland Pollinators’. By working closely with a group of … Continued

Providing the evidence – an update from the Irish Pollinator Research Network

20th May 2022

By Dr. Jane Stout We’re very proud that the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan and its guidelines are ‘evidence based’. This means they are informed by scientific research into what is driving pollinator decline, what the consequences of pollinator loss are … Continued

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