Bee population steady in Dutch cities thanks to pollinator strategy

Scheme involving bee hotels' and bee stops' reaps rewards as census shows no strong decline in urban population

Bee hotels, bee stops and a honey highway are some of the techniques the Dutch are crediting with keeping their urban bee population steady in recent years, after a period of worrying decline.

Last week, more than 11,000 people from across the Netherlands participated in a bee-counting exercise as part of the fourth edition of the national bee census.