Syngenta used European Pollinator Awareness Week (13-19 July) to highlight the role that its Operation Pollinator seed mixtures can play in increasing pollinator populations in field margins and other areas.

“Against a backdrop of declining numbers of pollinating insects, we have seen encouraging results for some species, thanks largely to the efforts of farmers to establish wildflower habitats and the changes in cultivation techniques that help some ground nesting solitary bees,” advised independent entomologist Mike Edwards.

According to the company, monitoring of Operation Pollinator Annual Wildflower Mix habitats has identified a number of valuable solitary bee species, including Andrena flavipes, an important pollinator of oilseed rape, fruit and other crops. The Operation Pollinator Annual Wildflower Mix has now helped to establish more than 400 hectares of new habitat over the past year.

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