Q.What measures can be taken to protect pollinators?
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →[!ANSWER] A number of practical measures can be taken to protect pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and birds, which provide the essential ecosystem service of pollination.
Protecting and actively planting native flowering plants gives pollinators the food (nectar and pollen) and habitat they need to survive and reproduce. Reducing or better timing the use of chemical pesticides — particularly avoiding their application during flowering periods when pollinators are actively foraging — prevents direct poisoning of pollinator populations.
Avoiding the destruction of natural nesting and breeding sites, such as undisturbed ground, hollow stems, or old trees used by bees and other pollinators, helps maintain the populations needed to sustain pollination services. Favouring diverse plantings over large-scale monoculture (growing a single crop species over a wide area) is also valuable, since a variety of flowering plants supports a wider range of pollinator species across more of the year, whereas monoculture offers only a brief, narrow food supply. …
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