The EU-PoMS delivers of a cost-effective Core Scheme, which includes the most relevant data, is able to detect changes in the status of pollinators, has EU-wide coverage, and uses standardised sampling methods. It also provides a set of additional modules for other taxa and measures beyond the Core Scheme.
The UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS) is part of a wider Pollinator Monitoring and Research Partnership (PMRP) that aims to establish how insect pollinator populations are changing across the UK.
They are working with existing recording schemes that focus on pollinating insects, and have established two new large-scale surveys for PoMS (the FIT Counts and the 1 km square survey) which are running throughout the UK with help from many volunteers.
The Commission launched the SPRING project (
Strengthening pollinator recovery through indicators and monitoring) with an aim to strengthen taxonomic capacity with regard to pollinating insects, support preparation for the implementation of an
EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme and pilot the scheme in all 27 EU countries. The budget of the project is EUR 5 million. The project will provide a critical contribution to the establishment of a scientifically robust and sustainable EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme that will provide a series of indicators, capable of detecting any significant changes in the abundance of pollinators across the whole of the EU.
The overall objective of ORBIT is to create a centralised taxonomic facility that lays the groundwork for the identification of European wild bees that will support other European projects such the EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (EU-PoMS), the Preparatory Action for EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme and Indicators (SPRING project), the Horizon 2020 Europe research projects (POSHBEE, SAFEGUARD), national action plan for pollinators, and finally the European Red List of Bees.
After bees and bumblebees, hoverflies constitute the most significant insect pollinator group in the world. Now, under the direction of the University of Helsinki’s Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus, the goal is to compile accurate taxonomic and ecological data of the more than 900 hoverfly species occurring in Europe, on a well-organised, open and easy-to-use European Commission hosted website. The web platform will constitute a robust knowledge base, and will serve both the broad public, and professionals in the field.
EuropaBONs mission is to overcome existing data gaps and workflow bottlenecks by designing an EU-wide framework for monitoring biodiversity and ecosystem services.
It aims to engage users at the regional, national and European level to identify the data needs of policies and targets aligned with the new European Green Deal.
IDmyBee is designed as a collaborative project of bee taxonomists and specialists to promote the diffusion of knowledge about wild bee diversity
With more than 2 000 species of wild bees in Europe, identifying a bee can quickly become an overwhelming task. Some bee species can be identified pretty much by anyone with the right tools. For others, it is not possible to assign a species name, or even a genus name without a careful examination, comparison with reference specimens, or even an expert's eye.
Atlas Hymenoptera is originally a joint initiative between the Mons University Zoology's laboratory and the Entomology Unit of Functional and Evolutionary of Gembloux Agro Bio Tech. It has been made possible thanks to the joint efforts of both services that maintain a biogeographic data base of Hymenoptera in Western Europe for many years.
Atlas Hymenoptera is now a platform that brings together many passionate people about hymenoptera's systematics, ecology, biogeography or ethology. This platform includes both French-speaking professionnals and non French-speaking professionnals and Hobbyists. On the website, you will find distribution maps and illustrations of many species from Europe, but you will also discover a relevant bibliography for major groups, the presentation of the team that is behind this work, and so on.
BEEWATCHING is a project that aims to shed light on the state of bees in Italy. It was conceived within two research institutions - the Agriculture and Environment Center of CREA and the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences of the University of Bologna - but it welcomes all citizens of all ages in order to create a great community of nature lovers who observe the environment, trying to understand which pollinators exist on Italian soil and which ones are in danger.
This knowledge hub provides information on the systematics and biology of a fascinating group of solitary bees — the Osmiini bees.