‘Sobering statistic:’ One-fifth of pollinators in North America at extinction risk

20 Percent of North America’s Pollinators Are at Risk of Extinction: Study

More than one in five species of pollinators native to Canada and the United States are at risk of extinction, a new study suggests. Nearly 23 percent of vertebrate and insect pollinators native to mainland North America, north of Mexico, have an “elevated” risk of extinction, according to a report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal on March 24. Factors behind the increased risk include land use changes, the…

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A fifth of North America's pollinating species at risk of extinction: report

Many butterflies, bees and moths are fluttering into oblivion. A new report co-authored by a Canadian researcher warns that more than one-fifth of pollinator species it studied in North America are at risk of extinction.

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Uptrend in global managed honey bee colonies and production based on a six-decade viewpoint, 1961–2017

We conducted a retrospective study to examine the long-term trends for the global honey bee population and its two main products: honey and beeswax. Our analysis was based on the data collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations from 1961 to 2017. During this period, there were increases in the number of managed honey bee colonies (85.0%), honey production (181.0%) and beeswax production (116.0%). The amount of honey …

One-fifth of pollinator species in North America at risk of extinction, says report

Out of 759 pollinators examined in study, more than 10 per cent were at some level of risk of extinction