#EUPollinators
Happy #WorldNatureConservationDay 🏞️

🐝🦋 1 in 10 bee and butterfly species is threatened with extinction

Wild pollinators are essential for healthy ecosystems, biodiversity, and the food we eat every day

More about our #EUPollinators Initiative 👉 link.europa.eu/WBVfKh

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July 28, 2026 at 8:20 AM
🐝🌻🫐 The best friendships make you bloom... and sometimes bear fruit.

When pollinator insects visit a flower, they can carry pollen to the next one helping the production of seeds and fruits.

Learn more about our #EUPollinators Initiative 👉 link.europa.eu/WBVfKh
July 30, 2026 at 10:14 AM
A big thank you to the entire VALOR consortium for a productive and inspiring first Annual General Meeting in Wageningen, the Netherlands. 💛

Two days of discussions, collaboration and knowledge exchange helped move our work forward. 🐝

#VALORmeets2026 #EUPollinators
March 26, 2026 at 8:50 AM
What motivates pollinator protection? 🐝

Food production is one reason, but not the only one!

Research shows stakeholders support pollinator protection for ethical, ecological and societal reasons.

Read more 👉 link.europa.eu/HwRXQV

#EUPollinators
April 30, 2026 at 2:29 PM
People power works. Vujadin Kovacevic talks about the importance of the Save the Bees and Farmers petition and campaign and how it helped lead to real tangible action for pollinators. #EUpollinators
September 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Great to see two #HorizonEurope pollinator projects coming together. 🤝🐝

AGRI4POL coordinator Adam Vanbergen presented our work at the @valor-project.eu's first AGM in Wageningen in the end of March.

🔗 Full update on our website: agri4pol.eu/news/agri4po...

#VALORmeets2026 #EUPollinators
April 7, 2026 at 8:40 AM
📢 WildPosh coordinator Denis Michez held an online presentation titled Continuity in data management plan: examples of the Horizon projects PoshBee and WildPosh at Living Data 2025.

🔗 Learn more about the event: wildposh.eu/news/wildposh-join-living-data-2025

#WildPoshTravels #EUPollinators
October 24, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Last month, Safeguard partners gathered for the project's 4th Annual General Meeting in Belgium 👏

During the meeting, several EU pollinator projects were presented, synchronising efforts towards a sustainable future for #EUpollinators 🐝

🔎 www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
April 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
VALOR featured at #PollinERAmeets2026 in Lund!

🐝Promotional materials were displayed at @pollinera-horizon.eu's second Annual General Meeting, an event hosted by our shared partner Lund University.

#EUPollinators
March 18, 2026 at 9:52 AM
🦠 A new #SafeguardResearch examines how viruses spread between managed honey bees and wild pollinators - and the results challenge some common assumptions.

👉 Read the full study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#EUPollinators #honeybees #wildpollinators
January 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM
A new species of pantaloon bee, Dasypoda (Heterodasypoda) radchenkoi, was discovered in the limestone mountains of south-western Spain in 2023.

Learn more in this week’s #SafeguardResearch: doi.org/10.47446/OSM...

#EUPollinators #BeeDiscovery #EndemicSpecies #Heterodasypoda
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Cross-project synergies in action at VALOR AGM🤝

#VALORmeets2026 #EUPollinators
The wave of special guests at #VALORmeets2026 continues.

This time, Adam Vanbergen joined online to showcase the work that is currently being done in @agri4pol.eu 🐝🚜

👉Discover the project here: agri4pol.eu
March 25, 2026 at 1:56 PM
🐝VALOR project coordinator, Tom Breeze, presented the project at the @agri4pol.eu's first Annual General Meeting in Freiburg, Germany.

🧐Want to learn more?
valor-project.eu/news/valor-w...

#AGRI4POLMeets2026 #EUPollinators
April 6, 2026 at 11:03 AM
🐝 BioAgora joined the Buzz in the Young Citizens Assembly on Pollinators!

🤔How can young people help shape the future of EU #biodiversity governance?

🤩YCAP offers a powerful example of how participatory processes can meaningfully contribute to EU policymaking.

#Science4Biodiversity #EUPollinators
December 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🔔The @IUCN & @EU_ENV European #Fund for #Youth Action on #EUPollinators is open!

🌿 Individuals (18-35) – grants up to 15,000 EUR
🌍Youth-led orgs & NGOs – grants up to 70,000 EUR

Ready to make a difference? Apply now: speciesgrants.iucn.org

More 🐝 iucnsos.org/new-call-for...
June 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We are taking flight! 🪰

🌱 We are pleased to announce the start of SEN-PollColl, a project funded by IUCNSOS and firmly grounded in the taxonomy network, workflows, and experience developed under the INC-STEP project.

#EUPollinators
February 6, 2026 at 8:36 PM
‼️Important news:

European Red List assessments for hoverflies and butterflies are already published, with bees and moths to follow later in 2026.

#Conservation #EUPollinators
February 25, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Fortunately representatives for the organic farming industry and representatives for EU farmers & landowners are also here to add valuable opinions and knowledge to the conversation. #EUPollinators
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
📊New research highlights the conservation value of calcareous grasslands for wild bees.
🔎Monitoring across 32 sites in southern Belgium revealed 102 species, 17 listed as threatened nationally.

#EUPollinators
The newly created National park Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse National Park (ESEMNP) in southern Belgium is buzzing!

A 5-month survey of 32 sites collected 1,159 specimens from 102 species. See which habitat supported the highest #diversity here: ⤵️
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
February 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
👍 Make sure to follow the @safeguard-pollinators.eu project & their new social media campaign: #SafeguardSummaries!🖱️

Funded by #Horizon2020, @safeguard-pollinators.eu aims at reversing the loss of wild #pollinators across Europe through increased understanding!

#EUpollinators #biodiversity
We're introducing a new set of stakeholder summaries of key project publications and a relaunch of the social media campaign: #SafeguardSummaries! 🐝

Stay tuned! The first summary is coming up tomorrow. 👀

🔎 Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
August 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🐝 Interested in PollinERA's developments and announcements?

📩 Subscribe to our bi-annual newsletter and stay up-to-date here: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/913204...

Explore new publications, event participation and highlights from our ongoing collaboration with the #EUpollinators projects!
June 26, 2026 at 12:30 PM
⚡Pollinators are vital for our food, nature, and future, and your voice can help protect them. The Young Citizens Assembly on Pollinators has some questions for you!

🐝Explore the platform and take part in the consultation: panoramic.make.org/en/partner/e...

#EUPollinators
February 13, 2026 at 12:34 PM
📢 We are back with a surprise edition of our early-career researcher series!

Alicia Kling (@uni-freiburg.de) joined WildPosh in 2024 for her master’s thesis, and has been continuing her research as a PhD student since January 2025.

👉 wildposh.eu/news/meet-re...

#WildPoshECRs #EUpollinators
Meet the researchers: Alicia Kling
Each week, we introduce one of the early-career researchers behind the WildPosh project. Meet the young scientists working to understand and protect wild pollinators across Europe. Alicia Kling studi...
wildposh.eu
September 9, 2026 at 7:18 AM
🤝 As part of the @horizoneu.bsky.social -funded @valor-project.eu , in the next 4 years, we will be working towards deeper understanding of #society's relationship with #pollinators 🐝, while producing tools for landowners, businesses & policymakers.

#eupollinators #horizoneu

👇 More on our blog:
Values and dependence of society on pollinators: Pensoft joins the EU project VALOR
The Horizon Europe project is to empower actors to better understand their relationship with pollinators.
blog.pensoft.net
February 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM