British Sugar has launched a two-year project in collaboration with York-based agri-tech company AgriSound to monitor and understand how pollinators behave in fields where sugar beet is part of the crop rotation.

It will involve installing 27 acoustic sensors on a large farming estate in Gimingham - recording "real-time biodiversity data, and providing critical insights into the health of vital pollinator populations".

AgriSound’s acoustic sensors can detect and analyse bee and other insect activity (Image: AgriSound) It also aims to........

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