Picture shows broken beehives, undated. Police in Hermagor in the state of Carinthia announced that an apiarist's backyard beehive was destroyed and pillaged. (LPD Carinthia, NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows shrill carder bee, undated. Campaigners in Germany have underlined the precarious situation of an astonishing bumblebee species. (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows Xylocopa violacea, undated. One of the insects that thrive in urbanised regions is the violet carpenter bee, a solitary pollinator which is often mistaken for a bumblebee due to its remarkable body length of up to 25 millimetres. (NewsX/Bee)
Biodiversity expert Lina Herbertsson speaks in undated footage. Swedish scientists are encouraging farmers to refocus on traditional hay meadows. (NewsX/Bee)