The world's first insect highway. It really opened in Oslo and is a green corridor that runs through the Norwegian capital with pollen stations every 250 meters for bees, hornets and wasps. It is a concrete help for pollinating insects that fight every day in urban environments, where there are few flowers rich in nectar, and that in fact we risk dying of hunger.
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La world's first insect highway. It really was inaugurated in Oslo and is a green corridor that runs through the Norwegian capital with pollen stations every 250 meters per bees, hornets and wasps. It is a concrete help for pollinating insects that fight every day in urban environments, where there are few flowers rich in nectar, and that in fact we risk dying of hunger.
“The idea is to create a route through the city with enough feeding stations for insects all along the way. Having enough food available will also help bees and hornets to withstand artificial environmental stress better ", he said to the local newspaper Osloby Tonje Waaktaar Gamst della Oslo Garden Society.
In recent years, a great many have disappeared colonies of bees, hornets and other insects, damaging the agriculture that depends on these insects. Although Norway has not been as hard hit as the United States, six out of 35 Norwegian pollinating insect species are at risk of extinction.
For this Gams and his team have put gods pots on the roofs and balconies along an east-west route through the city.
Oslo City Council is cooperating with environmental organizations to invite businesses and citizens to plant bee-friendly flowers. To better help insects, the BiBy organization has created an app to allow people to see the "gray areas", ie the longest stretches to travel that are still without food for bees, in order to favor the planting of useful flowers.
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“It will be easy to see the barriers and obstacles on the map. The goal is to inspire people to fill these gaps ", has explained Agnes Lyche Melvær of BiBy. Citizens will also be able to upload photos of their projects for save the bees. The best thing about this project? We can do it too! Let's plant the right flowers!
Roberta Ragni
Photo Credit Nils Bjåland / Osloby
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