The importance of wild grass has recently been given prominence on various media. These publications continue to echo our appeals so that wild grass is no longer cut due to its importance for 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 and the 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚 that sustains itself on it.
𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
⦿ “[…] 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 […]”
⦿ “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴.”
⦿ “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 200 [𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵] 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 […], 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳.”
⦿ “[…] 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 […]”
⦿ “[…] 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 […]”
𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬:
• It is high time to start looking into measures that replace trees and plants that are used for landscaping and gardens that require a lot of maintenance, with native and endemic ones because they require less resources to maintain, and are therefore more sustainable.
• Measures that lead to reckless increases in foreign honey bee colonies, will continue to weaken the Maltese bee due to hybridization processes. These additions would also be very detrimental to other wild bees too!
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𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬:
Article published on the Times of Malta, written by a group of Biology graduates (Martina Busuttil, Leanne Camilleri, Justin Cauchi and Reeya Ghose Roy) under the supervision of Prof Sandro Lanfranco, Head of the Biology Department at the University of Malta.
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/hidden-treasure-malta-s-roadside-flora.1026808?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0-xAda86jex4ioffeZT9VvuNRKUFZYiJf6zAGcWBs7xBa3YrD-ylT-H_s#Echobox=1682319427
Scientific paper published on the Maltese scientific journal Xjenza Online, written by Dr Mario Balzan, Lecturer at the Maltese College of Arts, Science, and Technology, and Leticia De Santis.
https://www.xjenza.org/Impacts-of-local-and-landscape-habitat-variables-and-honeybee-visitation-on-wild-bee-diversity-in-the-Maltese-Islands-_P_107.html?fbclid=IwAR1zoloeMCIKd7OP-N1WPdCd6mBVsE5KiJdY3KvGKTXiGyx_cc8aY-bPnLI
Foundation for the Conservation of the Maltese Honey Bee 
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