Ph.D. @uofg with @NigelERaine : squash bees : #peponapisproject : gardener : agriculture : poetry
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27 Jan 2023
Hot off the press: Promoting Pollination and Pollinators in Farming. BDS Publishing. shop.bdspublishing.com/store…
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8 Nov 2022
# of wild bee species found by crop with nesting guild categories...ground nesters are most common guild. Shouldn't we be paying more attention to them? doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.9…
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8 Nov 2022
Here are the number of published datasets we found by crop for 4 regions of N.A.doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.9…
8 Nov 2022
We did it! @alanapindar and @SabRondeau and I have published a compilation of the wild bee visitors to major crops in N. America in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.9…
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8 Nov 2022
We looked at a wide variety papers listing bees on all these crops across 4 N.A. regions
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31 Aug 2022
How do the insecticides imidacloprid and cyantraniliprole affect bumblebee movements and behaviour?
Dr. Amanda Liczner (@UofG_SES), is hoping to find out! She and her team are using radio tracker 'backpacks' to monitor the movements of bumblebee queens.
news.uoguelph.ca/2022/08/bee…
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21 Aug 2022
Bombus terricola nesting in an abandoned mouse nest made from leaves and feathers in an old honey bee hive at my place...and lots of B. fervidus individuals around the hive too. Has anyone ever tested if queens are attracted to the smell of mouse when looking for a nest?
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8 Aug 2022
So pleased to be testing an Ontario facility for overwintering honey bee nucleus colonies and banking queens--kudos to Kawartha Lakes Honey for sharing their innovative system.
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2 Aug 2022
Way to go @AlanaPindar!
2 Aug 2022
"A century ago in Nova Scotia, Mabel Bell’s garden taught environmental lessons we’re still trying to learn". Great to see @AlanaPindar's heroic project to recreate Mabel Bell's garden for #pollinator research getting attention: thestar.com/news/canada/2022… @smckinley1 @TorontoStar
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2 Aug 2022
Hoary squash bees knock pollen off Cucurbita anthers where it gathers in the base of the corolla...no use to bees or to the Cucurbita. BUT ants sure use it! Thks for the video Patricia Nunes Silva!
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4 Jul 2022
Great news to wake up to: 2nd PhD #thesis chapter #accepted!
Happy Monday to me and co-authors Nicolas Baert, Scott McArt (@cornellento), and @NigelERaine! 🎉
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2 Jul 2022
Looking for well-balanced useful guides to protecting pollinators on crops? So proud of the cucurbit crop guide. See pollinatorpartnership.ca/en/…
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7 May 2022
Had so much fun shooting an episode of Leo's Pollinators with TVO last August--airing this September. TVO @ExplorerClubTV did such a great job introducing the squash bee to kids! More closer to the airing date!
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2 Nov 2021
Just out...our work comparing phenology of Cucurbita crop flowering and hoary squash bee emergence in Ontario: doi.org/10.1016/j.cris.2021.… @1in3mouthfuls @NigelERaine
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25 Jun 2021
Well, that's a smart strategy...as the old poem says, "Little fleas have lesser fleas upon their backs to bite them. Lesser fleas have smaller fleas, and so ad infinitum!"
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16 Jun 2021
I'd love to have a copy of this...
15 Jun 2021
In 1892, there was a sixteen-year-old boy who loved bees very much. Not so much that he became a bee, but he did become a renowned and widely published bee expert.
His name was Frederick William Lambert Sladen. And this the story of one of his earliest works.
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Susan Chan retweeted
21 May 2021
Prof Miriam Richards (@richardsmiriam1), Prof Nigel Raine (@NigelERaine), Dr Susan Chan (@Squash_Bee), Cécile Antoine (@Cecile72304837) and their many colleagues are doing incredible build our understanding of bee ecology, behaviour and more!
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17 May 2021
So which species is the most abundant visitor to pumpkin flowers in Ontario (19 farms, 6 am-noon, July 15-Aug. 30, 2016-2019)...you guessed it...E. pruinosa by a long shot! academic.oup.com/ee/advance-…
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14 May 2021
Really useful advice from @VJMacPhail on how to plan & plant your #pollinator garden: youtube.com/watch?v=v4Di90Pp… It will look great & help support #bees, #butterflies, flowerflies & lots of other important wildlife. Get out & have fun in the garden! 🐝🦋🐞🌻🌺🌼
14 May 2021
Wondering how to choose plants for your pollinator garden? Check out our 2020 video where @VJMacPhail discusses things to consider, from site conditions to plant characters and bloom time. A list of the plants in her woodland shade garden is included: youtu.be/v4Di90PpU3o
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