Widespread losses of pollinating insects revealed across Britain
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#4BW0B)
Wild bees and hoverflies lost from a quarter of the places they were found in 1980, study shows
A widespread loss of pollinating insects in recent decades has been revealed by the first national survey in Britain, which scientists say "highlights a fundamental deterioration" in nature.
The analysis of 353 wild bee and hoverfly species found the insects have been lost from a quarter of the places they were found in 1980. A third of the species now occupy smaller ranges, with just one in 10 expanding their extent, and the average number of species found in a square kilometre fell by 11.
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