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#DYK bumblebees have distinctive features, including being very hairy, having a rounded body shape and flying haphazardly? 🐝 Don't forget you have until Friday to submit your photos of bumblebees on flowers to help our research with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust: rhs.org.uk/science/help-o…

Looking for a fully funded PhD in conservation zoology/ecology (UK-students only)? Check out this project with me and @rwriesch1976 at RHUL Biology to work on Nature Recovery in collaboration with Surrey Wildlife Trust. tinyurl.com/yc7u9j9s

PhD studentship: if you’re interested in parasites 🦠 and bees 🐝 check out this PhD position with me, Mat Fisher and Rhys Farrer Application deadline 13 June. Please read ad carefully for eligibility findaphd.com/phds/project/l… Royal Holloway RHUL Biology

New research reveals that 72% of plastic bottles on Chagos Archipelago were manufactured by the Coca Cola Company and Danone 🥤 Lead author Jessica Savage explains why remote islands are particularly affected by plastic debris, and what can be done 👉 zsl.org/news-and-event…

🎙️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘇𝘇: 𝟭𝟱𝟬𝟬 🐝🪰🦋🪲 It’s not just bees. Flies and moths are key pollinators too. Discover what the number means in our new podcast episode, out tomorrow!✨ Search for Counting the Earth 📲 Sue Nelson RHS Garden Wisley UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme

I'm home for a day so time to spend too long staring at my parents lawn and pointing out the pollinators ... 5 solitary spp, 2 bumble spp, HBs, 4 hoverflies spp, 1 butterly and many flies spp Excited to see the pollinator diversity my Optimow participants have on their lawns

Very happy to announce our study on the socio-psychological drivers of pollinator conservation is now published in People and Nature! This collective effort by some of the Safeguard scientists explores why people choose to help bees, flies and butterflies besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pa…

Researcher Lucy Houliston is busy exploring London's green spaces to help improve our understanding of how urban orchards can help boost insect diversity and store more carbon in our cities. Read more about Lucy's plans on blog 👉theorchardproject.org.uk/blog/urban-orc…

Londoners have been asked to count city's pollinating insects. Anyone can take part in todays count organised by Pollinating London Together⁩ by downloading the FIT app (in the article) to register the pollinators you see. ⁦⁦KewGardens⁩ ⁦🐝 NHM Bees 🐝⁩ bbc.com/news/articles/…

A great resource to learn about Safeguard, PollinERA, WildPosh, and other EU-funded projects empowering #research to understand and address the decline of #pollinators! rea.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-funded…

The first 30 booklets to be returned from my citizen science study were delivered today. Very excited to see what this year's results show and a massive appreciation for the citizen scientist who have contributed to the project 🐝🪲🦋

The data entry dream team (me and Mum) are back at work entering this year's citizen science data. Today's highlight was the joy a single flower counted brought (after 11 weeks of a very empty lawn) 🌼😊 #optimow #citizenscience #pollinators

Interested in the impact of pesticides on bumblebee disease susceptibility? PhD position at the University of Bristol with me and Chris Bass (university of Exeter). Link below. shorturl.at/B40j7

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Learning about mowing, citizen science and pollinator conservation with Morgan Morrison at the #IUSSIWinterMeeting Safeguard

Woohoo I'm a Dr (of 🐝🦋)!! Thank you to Lynn Dicks and Dr Fabrizia Ratto for a thoroughly enjoyable viva and to Mark and the members bee labs for the support over the years AND LOOK AT THIS CAKE (it had both style and substance as some of the best carrot cake I've eaten)

New #SafeguardResearch finds that reducing mowing frequency to every six or 12 weeks increases the number of #pollinators visiting flowers on lawns in UK urban areas by over 170% 🐝 Learn more 🔎 safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNews.… Morgan Morrison | Mark Brown | RHUL Biology

A study on repeated pesticide exposure in bumblebee queens found sulfoxaflor didn't affect survival or reproduction🐝 See more here 👇 buff.ly/3CxvslD Morgan Morrison Mark Brown RHUL Biology PoshBee Project