Susan Chan
@Squash_Bee
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Ph.D. @uofg with @NigelERaine : squash bees : #peponapisproject : gardener : agriculture : poetry
Joined June 2016
Hot off the press: Promoting Pollination and Pollinators in Farming. BDS Publishing.
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# 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?
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Here are the number of published datasets we found by crop for 4 regions of N.A.
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We looked at a wide variety papers listing bees on all these crops across 4 N.A. regions
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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
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RT @UofGuelphOAC: How do the insecticides imidacloprid and cyantraniliprole affect bumblebee movements and behaviour?. Dr. Amanda Liczner (….
news.uoguelph.ca
It’s common practice for farmers to apply insecticides to their crops, but one University of Guelph research team wants to know if the substances they’re using are pollinator friendly. Dr.
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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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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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Way to go @AlanaPindar!.
"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: @smckinley1 @TorontoStar
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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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RT @SabRondeau: Great news to wake up to: 2nd PhD #thesis chapter #accepted!. Happy Monday to me and co-authors Nicolas Baert, Scott McArt….
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Looking for well-balanced useful guides to protecting pollinators on crops? So proud of the cucurbit crop guide. See
pollinatorpartnership.ca
Pollinator Partnership Canada (P2C) is a registered not-for-profit organization dedicated exclusively to the protection and promotion of pollinators ...
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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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Just out. our work comparing phenology of Cucurbita crop flowering and hoary squash bee emergence in Ontario: @1in3mouthfuls @NigelERaine.
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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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I'd love to have a copy of this. .
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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RT @scienceworldca: Prof Miriam Richards (@richardsmiriam1), Prof Nigel Raine (@NigelERaine), Dr Susan Chan (@Squash_Bee), Cécile Antoine (….
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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!
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RT @NigelERaine: Really useful advice from @VJMacPhail on how to plan & plant your #pollinator garden: It will look….
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