Pollinating insects go from flower to flower, collecting pollen and nectar that they use as food for themselves and their offspring. In doing so, the insects also transfer pollen between flowers. This process, called pollination, enables plants to create seeds and reproduce. 

Pollination is in fact essential for the survival of over 85% of all flowering plants and production of the fruits, nuts and many of the vegetables that we eat. At least 1,500 pollinator species exist in the U.K., including many solitary bees, bumblebees, hoverflies, butterflies, moths, wasps, and even beetles. 

Unfortunately, many wild pollinator species are vulnerable to environmental changes such as insecticide exposure. While honey bee keepers are breeding unprecedented numbers of colonies, many important plants are inaccessible to honey bees. The pollinator declines thus create major risks for the survival of many plants, with potentially apocalyptic knock-on effects because plants provide food and shelter for many other animal species.

We depend on wild insect pollinators

Pollination is essential for over

of all flowering plants and production of the fruits and nuts and many of the vegetables that we eat.

At least

pollinating species exist in the UK.