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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🎉RestPoll's Annual General Meeting was successfully completed! The project's progress and goals for the fourth and final year were discussed. Thank you to those who made this meeting as successful as it was!

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Are you a farmer, scientist, politician or simply someone interested in pollinators? Our Pollinator Restoration ToolBox is filled with resources that can help you plan, take action and help to restore pollinators. Test it here and let us know what you think!👉 restpoll-toolbox.eu/browse-tools/

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🦋 Unusual boom in painted lady butterflies in Sweden, but global patterns have also been observed. A study of 1,758 butterfly species found that around 9 in 10 have shifted their ranges. Climate change, alongside land-use change and other pressures, is reshaping where butterflies can live.

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🐝 Can habitat restoration help the endangered Shrill Carder bee? RestPoll researcher Jaqui James is investigating restoration, plant-pollinator interactions & landscape dispersal. Last year, no Shrill Carder bees were found, but many other pollinators benefited.🌼 #PollinatorHabitats #EndangeredBees

Top brown banner says "RestPoll on YouTube"
Middle picture of Shrill carder bee with identfiable markings pointed out with white arrows.
Bottow says "Can habitat restoration help bring back the Shrill Carder bee?"

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🐝 Empowering society to restore pollinator habitats! Jane Stout shares RestPoll work on 🌻 monitoring, 🤝 Living Labs, and 🧰 our stakeholder-recommended Toolbox. From hedgerows to farmer workshops, discover how knowledge can become action for pollinators! 🎥 #PollinatorHabitats #restoration #RestPoll

Brown banner on top says RestPoll on YouTube.
Middle screenshot from video of a presentation slide with the RestPoll project approach and two videos of online participants.
Bottom says "Building knowledge. Building trust. Restoring habitats."

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

📍The annual group meeting (AGM) will be held on 5-7 October 2026, hosted by our partners in Kos, Greece! 📈 Members will share updates on their research, sharing successes & challenges as we advance. We are excited to share updates with you, so save the date & stay tuned! #RestPoll #AGM #SaveTheDate

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🍎 Meet RestPoll stakeholder Felix Romer of Romer fruit farm near Lake Constance, Germany! His favourite biodiversity measure? 🌼 Planting flowers between apple trees, even in the tramlines, to support pollinators and create colourful spaces for people. #Pollinators #Restoration #Agriculture

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A new study led by RestPoll partners HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research finds mostly neutral effects of pollinator-friendly management, highlighting the need for locally adapted, long-term #conservation strategies. 🔗 www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #Pollinators #Biodiversity

Ecologists are sampling pollinators and floral resources in a native wildflower sown parcel, which is an active restoration action in protected areas providing foraging and nesting sites for pollinators.

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🌱 Pollinator decline is also an implementation challenge. RestPoll explores how co-design, by bringing farmers, researchers, policymakers and communities together, can make restoration more effective, feasible and lasting. 🌼🐝 #RestPoll #Pollinators #CoDesign #LivingLabs

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🌱 Meet Fernanda “Fern” Azevedo, a PhD researcher at @tcddublin.bsky.social exploring the social and ecological factors shaping conservation and restoration. Her work with farming communities in Ireland highlights the importance of people in restoring biodiversity. 🌍 #EcologicalRestoration [1/2]

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🐝 Do honey bees compete with wild pollinators? A new study from Estonia found no direct evidence of competition in calcareous grasslands. 🌼 But results may vary with habitat, resources and landscape context. 📄 Liiskmann et al. (2026) doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... #Pollinators #Ecology #HoneyBees

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🦋 About 80% of crops & wildflowers rely on pollinators, yet 1 in 3 pollinator species is declining and 1 in 10 bee & butterfly species could disappear. To track progress in reversing this decline, an EU-wide monitoring method is adapted, enabling comparable data & assessment of restoration efforts.

Two researchers looking at a wildflower strip at a field margin

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

New study alert📣 A new study finds that organic management has a positive effect on bee species richness; however, pollination effects are more complex. Thank you to the authors, including some RestPoll partners, for this insightful work! #newstudy #pollination #pollinators #appleorchards

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Meet our newest RestPoll member Irene Bottero! Bottero is leading the development of the Restpoll toolbox, facilitating multi-stakeholder collaboration and communicating the project outcomes!

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

In the podcast, Gartenupdate, Julia Osterman (@juliaosterman.bsky.social), talks about the lifestyle of wildbees! Have a listen here: www.podcast.de/episode/7057... #wildbees #podcast #outreach

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🐝Show us the last pollinator you spotted! Add your photo in the comments below along with your species identification! 👇 📸 Felix Fornoff #yourturn #showandtell #pollinators #restpoll

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Test your memory and try out our new bee memory game here restpoll.eu/e-learning/ #BeeMemory #E-learning #DigitalGame #BeeDiversity

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Have you seen this small bee around your fruit trees? The European Orchard Bee (Osmia cornuta) is a prominent early-spring foraging wild bee that visits many fruit trees or shrubs!

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

🎉RestPoll partners from Freiburg, Germany, have completed their field season for this year's spring and summer. Partners monitored pollinators at implementation sites to assess how these implementations are helping pollinator communities. Thank you for the great work!👏 #FieldWork #RestPoll

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Butterflies may be one of the quickest ways to tell if habitat restoration is working. A new study found that restored farm habitats boosted butterfly richness and abundance within a year 🦋 📚 Read more here: Favarin et al. 2026, Restoration Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/rec.70314

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Honeybees help with honey production AND crop pollination! However, wild bees also play a vital role in supporting biodiversity and crop production. Protecting managed and wild pollinators is crucial for food stability and biodiversity. #PollinatorRestoration #Honeybees #WildBees #RestPoll

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Happy word bee day from Freiburg

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Living Lab Meeting on the 12 May included both theory and practice. Thank you Sutter Farm for hosting such an event!

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

🐝In addition to English, our Policy Brief is now available in German, Hungarian & Latvian! These reflect our RestPoll partner countries. Greek & Ukrainian versions coming very soon!

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

🐝 A bee with a huge responsibility The buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) helps pollinate strawberries, apples, tomatoes & more. 📚Klein & Fornoff (2025)

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

🎥 RestPoll partner, Prof. Dr. Sara Diana Leonhardt (TUM) shares her favorite measure for supporting pollinators: pollinator diversity 🐝🦋 #Pollinators #Biodiversity #RestPoll #PollinatorDiversity

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

What is your favourite measure for pollinators? Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein shares her favourite measure: hedgerows!🐝🌿

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

💡Think you can guess the bee by their scent? Put your senses to the test and try out our new Bee Scent Quiz👇 restpoll.eu/e-learning/

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🍎Did you Know? Apples depend on honeybees, wildbees and bumblebees for pollination🍏

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🐝 RestPoll partners from the University of Reading are co-designing a pollinator-friendly eco-label and interviewing actors across the food supply chain. We’re especially looking to speak with: • Retailers • Producers Interested or know someone who might be? Feel free to reach out!

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Some bees collect pollen by pressing and rubbing their entire bodies against flowers, a behavior scientists classify as body-rubbing pollen collection. To the human eye, it looks like bees are literally taking a pollen bath!🥰 📚Portman et al. (2019), Journal of Hymenoptera Research

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

In September 2025, the Cambridge RestPoll team attended the Buzzing for Recovery workshop in Bristol. The event brought together landowners, organisations, volunteers, conservationists and researchers from across the UK, all working to conserve the shrill carder bee (Bombus sylvarum).

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

What a year! 🎉 From ideas to impact—thank you to our amazing team and partners for making it happen. 👀Looking back at a year we’re proud of. #RestPoll #yearinreview #pollination #HappyNewYear #pollinators🐝 #beehappy #ecology

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

📢 New Publication! We are excited to share that the RestPoll proposal has been officially published in @riojournal.com and is available online! 🎉 Discover the project's visions, goals, and what it promises for pollinator research and conservation 🐝 👉 Read it here: riojournal.com/articles.php...

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

“No mosquitoes, no chocolate.” Cacao is pollinated by mosquitoes, not bees. More insights from TEDxMitte 2025 — keep an eye on our socials! #TEDxMitte #Biodiversity #Pollination

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

And to see the different managment practices.

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

@uni-freiburg.de explains RestPoll members the Nagoya protocol and it's implications.

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

RestPoll is today learning from IRTA Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentaries in Catalunya about their research about sustainable food production 🐄🍓🍇🤠

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

💬 Would you buy bee-friendly food? Then help us with your opinion and take part in our survey (approx. 20 min). 👉Your answers will help to make our food system more sustainable and promote the protection of pollinators. Available in 7 different languages! agreconlab.limesurvey.net/328536?lang=en

Apple orchard with flowerstrip between rows of trees. Texts says "Would you by bee-friendly food?"

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

We played bee memory in Freiburg too

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Our first #RestPoll regional seedbags arrived with native annual and perennial plants. The mixture can grow in every housegarden or balcony to promote wild bees and other pollinators.

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The first flowers are showing their face and early spring is there. In this period, you can help pollinators by growing valuable sources of nectar and pollen, since they can be short in supply at this time of the year. The art is to pick the right plants for your garden👇Choose: #pollinators

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Time to meet our post-doctoral researcher Sarah Larragy at @tcddublin.bsky.social. Sarah is coordinating the case study area in the Kildare region of Ireland as well as organizing other activities such as living lab workshops.

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 29/05/2024

👀 Are you interested in doing research in the field of pollinators toxicology? 🐝 Seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic junior scientist in the project WildPosh. Interested to apply? Find out more via [www.nature.uni-freiburg.de/ressourc…]

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 31/03/2024

Wishing you a nice holiday weekend, from RestPoll and the Easter Bunny 🐰

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

Pollinator Sighting 🐝 Hairy-footed flower bee (Anthophora plumipes)

Nesting: They like to nest in shallow hallows of soft mortar, soft cliff faces or occasionally in the ground of compact clay.
Flower preferences: They like to visit white clover (Trifolium repens), lungworts (Pulmonaria), primroses (Primula), dead-nettles (Lamium), comfrey (Symphytum), and spring trees such as apple or pear.

What can you do?
Plant early flowering plants, such as the ones mentioned above. You can create nesting sites by providing boxes and walls made of clay, as well as dry stone walls.

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