Victoria J. MacPhail, PhD
@vjmacphail
Ecologist, Pollination Biologist, Co-Chair Pollination Guelph, Girl Guide leader, hiker, and lover of nature, including storms. Opinions my own.
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http://www.victoriamacphail.ca 25-11-2014 16:32:12
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On Tues, May 16, come join our #gardenparty York University! Co-hosted with Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change and funded by WWF-Canada, come learn about pollinators from experts. Volunteers are needed to help remove invasive plants and add native ones too: please RSVP by May 12: tinyurl.com/mrxrp576
Want to learn more about BEEc, or York University's world renowned #bee collection? Join Dr. Laurence Packer and Victoria J. MacPhail, PhD for this Scholars' Hub presentation on Thurs, May 18 at 12noon, hosted by @yorkualumi. Register in advance for the Zoom link: tinyurl.com/3v2z87hs.
A garden party for #bees at #YorkU for #WorldBeeDay to revitalize Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change's HNES Native Garden, Tuesday, May 16, from 2:30-5pm, with BeesYU. Talk to bee expert Victoria J. MacPhail, PhD. Volunteers will pull invasive weeds & plant bee-friendly flowers yorku.ca/news/2023/05/1…
This Saturday, 12noon-5pm, at Riverside Park in #Guelph, come get your #Native #Pollinator-friendly #plants at our joint #PlantSale with Nature Guelph, Guelph Enabling Garden, Guelph Master Gardeners. Don't forget your wagon as you'll want to stock up!
Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Van Vierssen Trip (Nyssa Trip, PhD). Happy to help celebrate with you this evening. And yes, you are Kind of a Big Deal! Well done!
A big kudos to the 25+ volunteers from PG, the Canadian Conservation Corps Guelph Flex Team and Canadian Wildlife Federation WILD Outside Kitchener-Waterloo team who braved the cool, variable (sun & rain) weather this past Sunday to enhance #habitat at #Guelph’s Clair Road #Pollinator #Meadow.
They collaborated to plant #pollinator-friendly native shrubs, perennials, grasses; spread mulch provided by City of Guelph; weeded aggressive invasives such as Crown Vetch; prepared other areas for planting in 2024; and harvested seeds that will be provided free to other groups.
DYK? The City of Guelph Clair Road Emergency Services site was originally planted in 2013 replacing dying turf grass and a few trees. The site is a great example of how #biodiversity can be significantly improved locally through partnerships, resources, and long-term commitments!
Sabrina Rondeau, PhD Lots of media interest in this story. Great to see Sabrina Rondeau, PhD's ground-breaking #bumblebee science on the front page of The Globe and Mail today & Victoria J. MacPhail, PhD's lovely 🐝📸 on p6. Thanks Ivan Semeniuk for covering it: theglobeandmail.com/canada/science…
New research by Victoria MacPhail and Sheila Colla finds community scientists contribute significantly to the scientific knowledge of wild bumble bees in Canada and the U.S., especially for endangered species Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change Sheila Colla, Ph.D Victoria J. MacPhail, PhD BeesYU bit.ly/4e4TwKH
New research by Victoria MacPhail and Sheila Colla finds community scientists contribute significantly to the scientific knowledge of wild bumble bees across Canada and the U.S., specifically endangered species bit.ly/4e4TwKH Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change Sheila Colla, Ph.D Victoria J. MacPhail, PhD BeesYU
Spot a bumble bee or nest in North America? Report it to Bumble Bee Watch bumblebeewatch.org. Check out a recent article by Victoria J. MacPhail, PhD , Sheila Colla, Ph.D , and Richard Hatfield for insights on community vs. scientific data for the BBNA database. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…
