Osmia cornuta
A solitary wild bee 🐝🌸
Osmia cornuta is one of the most common species of wild bees in Europe. It's a solitary bee that doesn't form colonies and doesn't produce honey: read the sheet!
#LIFEprogramme #Osmia #pollinators #bees

Osmia cornuta
Un'ape selvatica solitaria 🐝🌸
L’osmia cornuta è una delle specie di api selvatiche più diffuse in Europa. È un'ape solitaria che non crea colonie e non produce miele: leggi la scheda!
#LIFEprogramme #Osmia #impollinatori #api

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Bitter willow 🌳🌿
Salix eleagnos is a small tree that grows to a height of 7-8 meters, sometimes reaching 15 meters. It lives along rivers and streams...: read the sheet!
#LIFEprogramme #Salix #willow #pollinators #bees

Salice ripaiolo 🌳🌿
Salix eleagnos è un piccolo albero alto 7-8 metri, talvolta raggiunge i 15 metri. Vive lungo i fiumi e i ruscelli...: leggi la scheda!
#LIFEprogramme #Salix #salice #impollinatori #api

🐝🦋🪰🇪🇺 The first e-learning modules are now available on the Pollinator Academy platform! Here, you can use interactive microlearning to start learning about pollinators!

Hugo Gaspar was one of the persons involved in this component.

Explore it here:
pollinatoracademy.eu/training/micro…

Purple loosestrife
Three different flowers 🌺🐝🧞‍♂️
During late summer, the banks of ditches light up thanks to the purplish-red flowers of the purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria): read the sheet!
#LIFEprogramme #Lythrum #loosestrife #pollinators #bees

Salcerella
Tre diversi fiori 🌺🐝🧞‍♂️
Durante la tarda estate, le rive dei fossati risplendono grazie ai fiori porpora-rossastri della salcerella (Lythrum salicaria): leggi la scheda!
#LIFEprogramme #Lythrum #salcerella #impollinatori #api #farfalle

Protecting bees means safeguarding our planet's heartbeat! 🐝 💛

By dancing from 🌼 flower to 🌸 flower, they ensure the survival of countless plant species and maintain the delicate balance of our ecosystems.

Let's beehave #ForNature : unesco.org/en/biodiversity

Via UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳

Scarce swallowtail
The Most Elegant Flight 🦋🌸
This is a beautiful butterfly, large and striking, with a distinctive and delicate flight. The background color is a pale yellow, with six black bands...: read the sheet!
#LIFEprogramme #Iphiclides #swallowtail #pollinators #bees

Podalirio
Il volo più elegante 🦋🌸
Il podalirio è una bellissima farfalla, grande e appariscente, dal volo caratteristico e delicato. Il colore di fondo è giallo tenue, con sei fasce nere...: leggi la scheda!
#LIFEprogramme #podalirio #Iphiclides #impollinatori #api #farfalle

Forests are home to wild bees and other pollinators, which are vital for safeguarding #ecosystems , #biodiversity , crop production, and #foodsecurity .

#BetterWithForests 🌲 #ForNature

Via UN-REDD Programme

And the Pollinator Prize Goes to… Hoverflies! marylandgrows.umd.edu/2023/08/14/and…

Common hazel
A treasure trove of energy 🌳🍫
The Common hazel is a widely spread plant, it grows everywhere and is splendid in February, when it's completely covered with inflorescences 🌸: read the sheet!
#LIFEprogramme #hazel #pollinators #bees

Nocciolo
Uno scrigno di energia 🌳🍫
Il nocciolo è una pianta molto diffusa, cresce ovunque ed è meraviglioso in febbraio, quando è completamente coperto di infiorescenze 🌸: leggi la scheda!
#LIFEprogramme #nocciolo #impollinatori #api

L’urbanizzazione minaccia la diversità di api e farfalle resoilfoundation.org/?p=25354

Clustered bellflower
An enchanted flower 🌷🧚
It can reach a height of up to 70 cm, standing out among other vegetation with its beautiful blue-violet flowers, an irresistible invitation to pollinating insects🐝🦋: read the sheet!
#LIFEprogramme #Campanula #pollinators #bees

Campanula agglomerata
Un fiore incantato 🌷🧚‍♀️
Questa pianta è alta fino a 70 cm, spiccando così fra la vegetazione con i suoi bei fiori azzurro-violetti, irresistibile invito per gli insetti impollinatori 🐝🦋: leggi la scheda!
#LIFEprogramme #Campanula #impollinatori #api

Nonostante vengano spesso trascurati, nuove ricerche sottolineano il ruolo essenziale di questi insetti notturni per l'impollinazione
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From increased food production to increased #biodiversity our #pollinators give us so much.

Here are just 5⃣ benefits 👇

Via Food and Agriculture Organization