(19 May 2025)
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ARCHIVE: Acquasparta, Italy – 10 May 2024
1. Various of bees on hive
2. Flowers and bees in front of hives
3. Various of beekeeper tending to hives
4. Various of beekeeper examining honeycomb from hive
5. Close of hives and bees
6. Close of bees
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Reading, UK – 19 May 2025
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Deepa Senapathi, report co-author:
"If the decline in pollinators continues, we are going to see significant food insecurity, because the amount, the quality and the quantity of yield will reduce. But also, pollination plays a huge role in the nutritious value. So micronutrients in the food are dependent on having good pollination. So not only will we have a reduction in the food quantity that we eat , the quality will also be seriously affected."
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ARCHIVE: Brunswick, Maine, US – 24 July 2015
8. Various of bees flying around flowers
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ARCHIVE: Kitui County, Kenya – 16 May 2024
9. Various of beehives in apiary with bees flying
10. Various of man spraying his maize crop with insecticides, bees foraging
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Reading, UK – 19 May 2025
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Deepa Senapathi, report co-author:
"We talk about how pollution is a big issue, right? But what we may not really focus on is the actual specifics of what type of pollution. So, for example, diesel and exhaust fumes, for instance, when they pollute the air, they can also disrupt pollinator plant interactions. So the bees may not be able to kind of identify their best foraging resources. If there’s heavy metal pollution in the water or the soil, that may impact behaviour of bees. It may even impact their reproductive success survival."
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ARCHIVE: Shurivka, Kyiv region, Ukraine – 12 August 2023
12. Aerial of tractor sowing field with fertiliser ++MUTE++
13. Various of tractor sowing field with fertiliser
14. Various of worker moving fertiliser from truck to tractor
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Reading, UK – 19 May 2025
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15. SOUNDBITE (English) Deepa Senapathi, report co-author:
"If we take war zones, for instance, let’s take Ukraine as an example, Ukraine is a very arable rich country. I think they are particularly known for exporting sunflower and sunflower oil. So the fact that there’s a war on might mean, a:there’s an impediment to the exports. But also be that that country can’t import the crops that it needs and therefore there might be land transformation. So what is natural habitat and good for bees might be cleared to grow something, like more cereal-based crops that would feed the population."
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ARCHIVE: London, UK – 15 May 2020
16. Various of beekeeper showing hives on rooftop
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Reading, UK – 19 May 2025
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17. SOUNDBITE (English) Deepa Senapathi, report co-author:
"I think we need stronger policies and regulations. We also can, I think, take advantage of lots of new and emerging technology that can help us monitor pollinator populations. So unless we know what’s there and whether it’s doing better or worse or at a status quo, unless we have those monitoring initiatives in place, we won’t be able to know if something is declining."
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ARCHIVE: London, UK – 15 May 2020
18. Various of beekeeper showing hives on rooftop
19. Various of bees on beehive
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Bees are an essential part of our food chain, with more than three quarters of global crops depending on pollinators.
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