North-European bumblebee network
On 6-7 May 2019 on the lead of La Humla Suse a bumblebee seminar took place in Norway with the participation of interested people from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Estonia. Future collaboration possibilities were also discussed and decided to apply for support from the Nordic Council of Ministers to organise an eye to eye meeting at least once a year and for different activities related with favouring wild pollinators. For now, the Nordic Council of Ministers has approved two one-year long applications for years 2020 and 2021. The focus of the network is on wild pollinators, especially bumblebees, and the promotion of their habitats – especially within agriculture.
PROJECT INFORMATION 2020
Project name: Nordic Project on Edge Zones and Green Corridors in the Agricultural Landscape.
Project duration: 01.01.2020-31.12.2020.
Project manager: at first Toril Mentzoni, since June Eirin Bruholt (Norway, La Humla Suse; eirin@lahumlasuse.no).
Other project members: Jørgen Pedersen (Denmark, Vilde Bier i Danmark), Annika Michelson (Finland, HAMK Biotalous), Eneli Viik (Estonia, Põllumajandusuuringute Keskus), Jenny Henriksson and Magnus Gröntoft (Sweden, Pollinera Sverige).
Main objectives and materials:
- Exchange relevant information between the network/project members.
- Organise an international seminar in Sweden on favouring pollinators for project members and other interested people. Because of the corona pandemic the eye to eye meeting had to be cancelled and instead a webinar was organised on 12th of November:
- programme;
- presentations and recordings.
- Compile a brochure to introduce bumblebees and different measures for favouring pollinators applied in project partner countries:
- Make a short and a full movie about pollinators and different measures for favouring pollinators applied in project partner countries:
PROJECT INFORMATION 2021
Project name: Nordic Project on Edge Zones and Green Corridors in the Agricultural Landscape.
Project duration: 01.01.2021-31.12.2021.
Project manager: at first Eirin Bruholt, since July Monica Marcella (Norway, La Humla Suse; monica@lahumlasuse.no).
Other project members: Jørgen Pedersen (Denmark, Vilde Bier i Danmark), Annika Michelson (Finland, HAMK Biotalous), Traci Birge (Finland, Helsingin Yliopisto), Eneli Viik (Estonia, Põllumajandusuuringute Keskus), Magnus Gröntoft and Björn Gustavsson (Sweden, Pollinera Sverige).
Main objectives and materials:
- Exchange relevant information between the network/project members.
- Organise an international seminar in Denmark on favouring pollinators for project members and other interested people. Because of the corona pandemic the eye to eye meeting had to be cancelled again and instead an international webinar will be organised. Webinar date: 11 November 2021.
- Organise a national webinar. In Estonia a webinar about grassland strips in agricultural landscapes was organised. Webinar date: 23 November 2021.
- More information (in Estonian).
- Compose a poster on favouring wild pollinators.
- Compose a brochure about creating suitable foraging habitats for wild pollinators, including how to collect seeds of local plant species.
Contact person of the network/project in Agricultural Research Centre: Eneli Viik, eneli.viik[a]pmk.agri.ee.
