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Report reveals Highland bees and other pollinators were given a welcome boost in 2020, despite Covid restrictions By Louise Glen Published: 09:07, 16 February 2021
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bees and butterfly on the flower garden
Good progress has made by more than 30 partners, including Highland Council in the past year towards delivering the Pollinator Strategy for Scotland.
Pollinators are vital for our biodiversity, but populations face challenges due to changes in land use, habitat loss, diseases, pesticides and climate change. Scotland has 23 types of bumblebee, 79 solitary bees and the honey bee.
Highland bees and other pollinators were given a welcome boost in 2020, despite Covid restrictions By Louise Glen Published: 18:09, 16 February 2021
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bees and butterfly on the flower garden
Good progress has made by more than 30 partners, including Highland Council in the past year towards delivering the Pollinator Strategy for Scotland.
Pollinators are vital for our biodiversity, but populations face challenges due to changes in land use, habitat loss, diseases, pesticides and climate change. Scotland has 23 types of bumblebee, 79 solitary bees and the honey bee.
European Union member states banned the outdoor use of neonicotinoid pesticides in 2018. The ban was hailed as a major victory” by campaigners, as various studies showed the dangers the chemicals pose to bees and other pollinators. Michal Gove, who was Environment Secretary at the time, supported the ban and said the restrictions would be kept following Brexit. But the government has since approved the use of one neonicotinoid pesticide to tackle a crop disease affecting sugar beet.
Professor Dave Goulson Professor of biology Dave Goulson, who specialises in ecology and conservation of bees and other insects at the University of Sussex, described the government s decision as foolish .