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Protection of honeybees and other pollinators: one global study

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 35 p.

Author Halvorson, K., Baumung, R., Leroy, G., Chen, C., Boettcher, P.

Publisher Springer Nature ;

Product type Article

Synopsis (short abstract) Insect populations are declining globally. Most crops rely on insect pollination, putting 23 food security at risk. Honeybees are important pollinators and have been used widely in 24 public awareness campaigns. This study surveyed countries about the status of their 25 pollinators and programmes for monitoring and management. Responses were received 26 from 273 persons from 108 countries. Apis mellifera was reported by nearly all 27 countries. Many countries (72%) routinely collect honeybee data and populations are 28 stable or increasing (77% of countries). Other pollinators receive less attention, 29 although their populations are dwindling in most (70%) countries. Conservation and 30 protection are more commonly practiced for honeybees. Most threats, such as habitat 31 loss and pesticides, are shared by all pollinators. Therefore, conservation measures to 32 decrease these threats would be efficient, provided that competition among species is 33 avoided. Monitoring of pollinator populations should be increased.

This is an Author’s Accepted Manuscript version of an article published externally. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. A definitive version was subsequently published in Apidologie (Published: 21 April 2021).

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Halvorson, K., Baumung, R., Leroy, G. et al. Protection of honeybees and other pollinators: one global study. Apidologie (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-021-00841-1

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