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Oct 22, 2026
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Making small changes to roadsides can help pollinators
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We captured and identified 3,773 bees and flower flies over two summers.
We found that low-intensity roadsides hosted around 45 per cent more pollinators, representing 23 per cent more species, than business-as-usual roadsides.
Canada is home to more than 900 species of bees and 500 species of flower flies, but we detected only 100 and 53 species, respectively, in our study.
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Bumblebees buzz around a flower in Ottawa in August 2026.
Making small changes to roadsides can help pollinators
Published: October 22, 2026 12.36pm EDT
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Canada has more than a million kilometres of rural roads. Although vital corridors for travel and commerce, roads fragment habitats, disrupt animal movement and lead to millions of wildlife deaths from collisions.
Yet roadways shouldn’t be written off as ecological wastelands. Many jurisdictions mandate that a certain amount of land on either side of a road be maintained as a hazard-free “clear zone.”…
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