Up to £10 million is to be invested to help to identify the main threats to bees and other insect pollinators under a major project announced today.

The funding will be made available to research teams across the UK under the Living With Environmental Change (LWEC) partnership, the major initiative by UK funders to help the UK respond effectively to changes to our environment. This is a joint initiative from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Defra, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the Wellcome Trust and the Scottish Government.

For futher information http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2009/10-bees.asp