The Netherlands Is Losing Its Insect-Pollinated Flowers
A wide range of plant species rely on insects for pollination, but the diversity of these insect-pollinated plants have decreased dramatically in recent decades
Wild flowers are essential to bees and wasps as well as other pollinating creatures. (GETTY)
A newly published study from the Netherlands documents the ongoing loss of plant species that rely on pollination by insects and other creatures. This study, based on almost 90 years of data, sounds the alarm for biodiversity and food security.
Of course, this is not a surprise for many of us since it has been widely reported for decades that insect populations around the world have been declining.
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