The aim of this research project is to quantify the impact of a pesticide ban on a pollinator community and test for cascading impacts through the wider food web. The ban is being implemented on the island of Guernsey, and we will use three neighbouring islands as controls.  The impact of the pesticide ban upon populations of common pollinators and on their community structure will be quantified and we’ll test for cascading positive benefits of the ban on the wider community associated with pollinators, specifically their specialist parasitoids and generalist bat predators.  We have already collected five years of data and this project will analyse these samples and collect a further two years of data.  The project is supported by a dedicated technician and the field samples are colle