Pollinator species like bees, butterflies, bats and hummingbirds across the world are in decline, many of them threatened with extinction.
Many plant species would decrease or even disappear without pollination, putting our own food security at risk.
Honeybees are often called ‘managed pollinators’ because humans domesticate them.
However, most pollinators are wild, meaning they are ‘non-managed’. This includes more than 20,000 different species of bees, species of flies, butterflies, moths, wasps, beetles, thrips, birds, bats, and other vertebrates.
But as wild bee and butterfly populations shrink, the number of honeybee hives in the EU has steadily grown.
Is there a correlation between the two, and what can be done about it?
Watch the video below to find out.
