Pollinator Highway.
A biodiverse linear park and green corridor for pollinators and people
The Paavli and Pelguranna spatial sections of the Pollinator Highway will be completed by the end of summer 2025!
Construction of the Paavli and Pelguranna sections of the Pollinator Highway have begun. The construction process was paused in December due to cold weather. Construction will resume on April 15. If everything goes according to plan, the new linear park will be completed by the end of this summer and will open in early autumn.
The construction of the Pollinator Highway turned out to be more extensive than expected. An old main gas pipeline needed to be replaced, which unfortunately entailed much more extensive earthworks than we would have liked. Last year, other utility networks, road substructures and foundations for city furniture and sporting grounds were also completed; as well as nature-friendly lighting. In the spring and summer, the builder will begin building playgrounds, sports fields, pavements and restoring greenery.
What does the Pollinator Highway offer in the future? Above all, t will be a green space for both animals and people. A bike lane and peaceful walking paths will be built here. New leisure areas will be created: playgrounds, sports and dog fields, and seating and picnic areas. To restore the meadow, communities of meadowsweet, eelgrass and elk hemp will be sown. You can learn more about the construction project HERE . We will also keep the Instagram account putukavail updated.
The Pollinator Highway is being built by Tallinn Roads Public Company Limited. The project is managed and financed by the City of Tallinn.
Urban Beekeeping
The Pollinator Highway team has started cooperating with the Tallinn Beekeepers 'Association, the Estonian Beekeepers' Association and Elering to offer new locations for beekeepers in Tallinn to keep bees. We have mapped possible new locations for the hives along the Pollinator Highway.,
If you are keen to learn more about the good practices of urban beekeeping, please take a look at this manual here . The manual was compiled by the Tallinn Beekeepers' Association. You can get an overview of the existing beehives in Tallinn here: https://mesi.ee/ .
Buzz with Us!
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Bees play an important role in our ecosystem as they pollinate plants and help them to reproduce.
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There are more than 20,000 species of bees in the world and more than 300 species in Estonia. The best known of these is the honeybee. The honeybee is one of the few species that has been domesticated by humans.
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Honeybees help to pollinate our food plants (fruits, berries, etc.), but they also offer us various beekeeping products: honey, pollen, propolis and bee's milk.
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The life cycle of the honeybee family is many years. The bee colony consists of 1 queen bee, 500 drones and up to 60,000 worker bees.
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Pollinators are very important! 87% of the world's flowering plants need a pollinator - a bee or some other animal.
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For bees to stay in good health, it is important that people stop poisoning the plants, start mowing half as much and let the honey plants grow and bloom!
