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It’s Bees’ Needs week and once again London’s Carnaby Street has had a makeover to become ‘Carnabee Street’ until 15 July. Professor Simon Potts and the Reading Bee Team<\/a> are there to encourage people to do their bit to protect pollinators as part of their wider programme of work to reverse the decline of these vitally important insects.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With 75% of the world\u2019s food crops being at least partially reliant on animal pollination, every part of human society is vulnerable to pollinator loss. But these insects are in decline worldwide and research is vital to understand which species suffer most, what is causing the reduction in their numbers, and how this will impact nature and society.<\/p>\n

The Reading Bee team<\/a> led by Professor Simon Potts at the Centre for Agri-Environmental Research<\/a> is at the forefront of research into the causes of declines in bees and other pollinating insects. Professor Potts’ research is influencing national and global policy-making to protect and boost pollinator species, and he\u2019s played a key role in the UK government\u2019s new National Pollinator Strategy for England<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Activities at Bees Needs’ week include the ‘pollinator supermarket’ .<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Professor Potts has led major studies and policy reviews into the impacts of pollinator declines. In 2016 he co-chaired the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), that published a UN report highlighting the scale of the problem facing the world\u2019s pollinators and suggesting policies to reverse declines. The evidence has informed IPBES\u2019 2019 report on global habitat and species loss.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Professor Simon Potts with a pollinator friend (top); and with colleagues presenting and defending evidence from the UN IPBES report to 400 representatives from 126 governments to ensure there was no misrepresentation or bias (bottom)<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

His own scientific work has not only quantified the risks to different species of bees, but in 2018 demonstrated the annual value of pollinators to UK farmers was approximately \u00a31 billion. In 2017 he was appointed to the UK government\u2019s National Pollinator Strategy scientific advisory group.<\/p>\n

Doing our bit for bees<\/strong><\/p>\n

New policies alone will not save Britain\u2019s pollinators. In an increasingly urbanised and intensively managed landscape, bees and other insects need everyone\u2019s help to thrive. In 2017-18 Professor Potts partnered with key organisations including the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew; the Royal Horticultural Society; and Defra to undertake a series of campaigns and events to raise public awareness.<\/p>\n

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Members of the Reading Bee Team distributing packets of pollinator-friendly wildflower seeds to the public at last year’s Bees’ Needs week.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This has helped guide UK policies on banning certain pesticides and contributed to emerging policies designed to protect and boost species around the UK. Professor Potts has shown how this can be done, quantifying how flower-rich field margins and organic farming can protect biodiversity. The research helps farmers, conservation charities and the Government implement changes that make a difference.<\/p>\n

The Bees’ Needs<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week the Reading Bee Team are joining a bee-themed takeover of London\u2019s Carnaby Street \u2013 which has been renamed \u2018Carnabee Street\u2019. They will show bumble bees at work in a \u2018Bumbelarium\u2019 and give children and adults the chance to shop in a Pollinator Supermarket, showing shoppers just how many of their shopping basket depends on pollinators.<\/p>\n

Visitors will have a chance to support bees\u2019 needs by ditching garden chemicals, planting wildflowers, and providing nesting sites for pollinators. They’ll receive free wildflower seed packs to get them started.<\/p>\n

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Professor Potts’\u00a0 multi-pronged approach is bringing key agencies together to forge stronger alliances that will, as Britain exits the EU, be ever more important for building a sustainable future.<\/p>\n

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Find out more about Carnabee Street<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Read on to find out more about the work of the Reading Bee Team<\/a> and the Centre for Agri-Environment Research:<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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