Sentences with phrase «pollinator habitat»
A "pollinator habitat" is a place that provides a suitable environment for animals like bees, butterflies, and birds to live and find food. It may include flowers, plants, and other resources that help them pollinate plants and sustain their populations. Full definition
According to her, there are almost 56 connected miles of pollinator habitats in the Raleigh - Durham area, thanks in part to these corporations doing their small part.
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«All the research (and research funding) in the world will not help pollinator populations if there are no financial incentives to plant pollinator habitat and there is continued overuse of pesticides,» Marla Spivak, an entomologist at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, tells ScienceInsider in an e-mail.
Research efforts should focus on five areas, the report says: the current health and population of pollinators, especially bees; the individual and combined roles of pesticides and other environmental factors in hurting pollinators; the best methods and places to restore pollinator habitats; the economic effects of pollinator - friendly practices by land managers, farmers, beekeepers, and others; and the standardization and curation of scientific findings.
Achieves these goals through research to understand, prevent and recover from pollinator losses; expanding public education programs and outreach; increasing and improving pollinator habitat; and developing public - private partnerships
Muir Glen has partnered with The Xerces Society and UC Davis to create bee and pollinator habitat alongside all our tomato fields by 2020.
In addition to attending in - store events, shoppers can purchase pollinator - friendly products that support The Xerces Society's goal of planting 100,000 acres of pollinator habitat within the next 12 to 18 months.
The strategy — widely anticipated but issued 5 months later than the White House had originally planned — also outlines a series of steps and goals for agencies to pursue, such as tackling bee - killing pathogens and mites, reducing pesticide use and reviewing its safety to bees, restoring degraded pollinator habitats, and encouraging the planting of more flowering plants and other pollinator - friendly vegetation.
Thus, enhancement of native pollinator habitat (floral and nesting resources, natural or managed lands) represents an important avenue to support current and future pollination services in Montana agriculture (L. Burkle, Montana State University, personal communication, unreferenced).
With 23.5 acres of permanent pollinator habitat and 116 acres of flowering cover crops spread strategically across their 10 ranches, they knew that Bee Better Certified would be a good fit for them.
Whether it was the White House announcing that it was to include hives in its new vegetable garden; Haagen Daz unleashing a crew of break dancing bee boys to raise awareness; or Burt's Bees distributing free wildflower seeds to create pollinator habitats, it was clear that we humans were not going to let the bee disappear without a fight.
The scientists hope that their work will also help regulators to identify the seven million acres that the White House is seeking to protect as pollinator habitat over the next five years.
Perhaps most encouraging, transportation companies like rail operator Network Rail and the Highways Agency have signed up to create and enhance pollinator habitats along railway verges and highways, essentially using Britain's existing network of transportation corridors to create habitat corridors that allow pollinators to move across the country and expand their habitat.
«All the research (and research funding) in the world will not help pollinator populations if there are no financial incentives to plant pollinator habitat and there is continued overuse of pesticides,» Marla Spivak, an entomologist at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, tells
«In addition, species of native bees were identified in the gardens, suggesting that pollinator habitats could be created in southeastern landscapes using these taxa.»
For those of us with garden beds full of annual vegetables that require replanting each year, and careful attention throughout the growing season to keep them alive and thriving, the thought of having an ecosystem in place that can take a lot of the work out of growing food, while also providing multiple functions (soil building, creating shade and wind barriers, serving as wildlife and pollinator habitats, harvesting and retaining water, etc.) is quite appealing.