Agricultural policy change drives increased pollination demand
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 08:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Research involving botanists from Trinity College Dublin has shown that the demand for financially critical pollination services has risen five times as fast as the number of honeybee colonies across Europe. The mismatch is linked to agricultural policy changes and raises concerns about how countries will cope with losses of other wild pollinators, which could be critical in meeting the deficit when honeybees alone cannot pollinate all crops.