Actions to conserve biodiversity
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Connect areas of natural or semi-natural habitat for bees Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 |
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Conserve old buildings or structures as nesting sites for bees Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 |
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Control deployment of hives/ nests Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 |
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Control fire risk using mechanical shrub control and/or prescribed burning Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Convert to organic farming Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 8 |
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Create patches of bare ground for ground-nesting bees Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 5 |
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Enhance bee taxonomy skills through higher education and training Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 |
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Ensure commercial hives/nests are disease free Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 2 |
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Eradicate existing populations of invasive non-native species Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 2 |
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Exclude ants from solitary bee nesting sites Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 2 |
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Exclude bumblebee nest predators such as badgers and mink Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 |
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Exclude introduced European earwigs from nest sites Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Increase areas of rough grassland for bumblebee nesting Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Increase the diversity of nectar and pollen plants in the landscape for bees Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Increase the proportion of natural or semi-natural habitat in the farmed landscape Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 0 |
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Increase the use of clover leys on farmland Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 2 |
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Introduce agri-environment schemes to benefit wild bees Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 5 |
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Introduce mated females to small populations to improve genetic diversity Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Keep pure breeding populations of native honey bee subspecies Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Leave arable field margins uncropped with natural regeneration Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 6 |
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Leave field margins unsprayed within the crop (conservation headlands) Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 3 |
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Legally protect large native trees Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Manage hedges to benefit bees Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Manage land under power lines for wildlife Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Manage wild honey bees sustainably Action Link |
Awaiting assessment | 1 |
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Bee Conservation - Published 2010
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What are 'Individual studies' and 'Actions'?
Individual studies
An individual study is a summary of a specific scientific study, usually taken from a scientific journal, but also from other resources such as reports. It tells you the background context, the action(s) taken and their consequences.
If you want more detail please look at the original reference.
Actions
Each action page focuses on a particular action you could take to benefit wildlife or ecosystems.
It contains brief (150-200 word) descriptions of relevant studies (context, action(s) taken and their consequences) and one or more key messages.
Key messages show the extent and main conclusions of the available evidence. Using links within key messages, you can look at the paragraphs describing each study to get more detail. Each paragraph allows you to assess the quality of the evidence and how relevant it is to your situation.
Where we found no evidence, we have been unable to assess whether or not an intervention is effective or has any harmful impacts.