Providing for pollinators – what’s the buzz?
Pollinators have become something of a ‘buzz’ word since the launch of the National Pollinator Strategy in 2014. Farmers have gone to great efforts through stewardship and voluntary measures to provide pollinator habitat and yet we continue to hear of their decline. Could we possibly do more to support pollinator conservation on farmland without taking more land out of production or incurring significant costs to establish and manage enhancements?