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In both gardens, nature and agriculture, insect pollinators play a crucial role in fertilizing flowering plants so they can mature into seeds and propagate their species. There exists in more than 20.000 bee species Worldwide and approximately 90% of these are solitary bees. The diversity of bees...
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Solitary bees are ectothermic insects and therefore depend on external sources such as sunlight to regulate their body and metabolism. Warmer temperatures associated with climate change lead to earlier phenological events that may have ramifications for insect population dynamics, species interactions, eco-system function, and the local persistence or extinction of insect and flowering plant species.
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The Municipality of Copenhagen commissioned Habeetats to design and customize 4 large solitary bee nests for an Urban bee conservation project at Byskoven Amager Faellede in 2020. 31 species of solitary bees were identified at Byskoven in a study conducted by University of Copenhagen in 2018. Byskoven is an...
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Farm of Ideas is an organic, small-scale farming operation located at Svanholm Organic Farm. Established by Chef Christian F. Puglisi in 2016, Farm of Ideas have pushed the boundaries of sustainable agriculture by creating a place where gastronomy, agriculture, the city and the...
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Orchards & Agriculture Solitary bees provide a vital and potent source of pollination for increasing yields and frutiset in orchards and agricultural ecosystems. Habeetats goal is to help farmers, orchard owners and seed producers grow more high quality food and heirloom...
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