Delighted to be working with Lydia Thompson for the next four years on her We are now Research Ireland funded PhD on protecting rare and common bumblebees on Irish farmland at UCD School Ag & Food UCD Earth Institute, in collaboration with Stephanie Maher. Welcome Lydia!

First day of fieldwork training for Lydia Thompson complete! Lydia will be working with Great Yellow Bumblebee Project to look at population genetics for the Great Yellow Bumblebee as well as effectiveness of conservation measures. Working with Karina D, Alex Ní H-Éideáin and Julia Jones

Great Yellow Bumblebee Project really looking forward to working with Lydia Thompson on this exciting project to learn more about our rare great yellow bumblebee

So grateful to have Eva Crane Trust’s supporting the genomic component of my research!

What a great turnout for the Bees and Native Wildflowers Workshop with Seán Keane! A huge thanks to Seán Keane for such an intriguing and informative #workshop and to those who attended and participated in some interesting #discussion/Q&As #wildflowers #bees #native

CIWEM Dublin City University CIWM Ireland Teagasc CIEEM UCC Ireland Best Natural History Presentation (#INJ) to Lydia Thompson, University College Dublin; Best Organic Wastes Recycling Presentation (Foster Environmental Ltd.) to Shon Shiju, Munster Technological University; and Best Social Engagement Presentation (ESAI_ENVIRON) to Geraldine Doolan, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway

Lydia Thompson from UCD was the winner of the INJ sponsored prize for the Best Natural History Presentation at Environ 2024, with her presentation Evaluating Agri-environmental Measures for Conserving Bumblebees. Find out more about her project at esaiweb.org/environ/studen…

Congratulations Lydia Thompson 🎉Fantastic INJ-Journal prize for the best Natural History presentation on her research on the Great Yellow Bumblebee 🐝

Today was one of those fieldwork days that reminds me why I love what I do. Not as many samples as we'd hoped, but beautiful high-quality grasslands in stunning locations! And of course Lydia Thompson for great company! #academiclife Great Yellow Bumblebee Project LIFE on Machair / SAOL ar an Mhachaire

Today's UCD School Ag & Food Pests, Parasites and Beneficials lecture was an insight into ongoing research on insects and agriculture... from Lydia Thompson on agri-environment schemes to Jennie Durant on IPM. Here's Aisling Moffat reciting a poem about soil biodiversity! Thanks all