George (Clancy) Lester
@clancy_lester
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Pollinators 🐝🌸 | Native Bee Research 🔬| Indigenous Knowledge | DNA metabarcoding 🧪| Wattle Fellow 🧑🎓
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined July 2021
Property developers installing as few as half of promised ecological features – new report https://t.co/24PvYKO1qQ via @ConversationUK
theconversation.com
A new report highlights the extent that housing developers fail to deliver on their ecological commitments.
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‼️The indisputable list of the best native plants for pollinators 🦋🐝🦜🪲🦇 What did I miss?? Let me know in the comments 🧐🤓 🌸 Boost biodiversity with these native and exotic flowering plants, perfect for attracting bees, butterflies, and other vital species. 🌱
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Let’s goo. Native bee recognition. 🐝
abc.net.au
The moth or the butterfly? The stick insect or the hoverfly? The beetle or the bee? Can you guess which is the inaugural ABC Australian Insect of the Year?
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‼️ATTENTION MELBOURNE PEOPLE🚨 Next Saturday NOV 9th @11AM - 4PM I’m hosting a Free Native bee hotel making workshop for Australian Pollinator week 🦋🪲🐝🐞 Funded by @cityofmelbourne who the park rangers who will bring their education trailer.
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So pumped to have received funding from @FoundationbyBB to go learn about native bees in South America 🤯
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Firewood thieves are robbing our forests of vital habitat trees. Over winter, we recorded nearly 500 instances of illegal tree-felling and firewood-related damage. One less forest tree might seem insignificant, but it was likely the home of a native bird, marsupial, or reptile.
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Very grim but important read: "The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth" https://t.co/Z63y3NYj6G
academic.oup.com
We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled
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🔥How Cool 😎 ~> “Green Spaces in Unusual Places” So awesome to be a part of Tiarés youth climate action grant project. @cityofmelbourne Was there for 1/3 days of educating and engaging with passer-by’s about climate change and biodiversity in Melbourne.
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🗞️🗞️🗞️Fresh blog article that I helped write with Conservation Volunteers Australia🦋🐝🇦🇺 I absolutely love what they are doing with nature blocks 🌱✨ and how many people they inspire to get involved with nature and I hope this article is no different🤞🏻 https://t.co/qX2beP0iGF
conservationvolunteers.com.au
Bees are some of the most important insects on the planet. As pollinators, they help plants to reproduce. But, bees are facing a barrage of threats, and bee populations around the world are in...
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Australian Wildlife Society Wildlife Week Webinar https://t.co/1RnvFjWcCu via @YouTube
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Keen as to speak at the #AustralianWildlifeWeek Webinar as the 2024 Dr Clive Williams OAM Memorial Wildlife Conservation Scholarship recipient. 🤙🏻 https://t.co/co9rPW7vxs Join on Wed, 2 Oct 24 at 10:30 am (AEST).
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‘Breakthrough discovery’: Indigenous Rangers in outback WA find up to 50 night parrots – one of Australia’s most elusive birds https://t.co/0PZIyshslP via @ConversationEDU
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🌼🐝 Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to create a buzz-worthy bee hotel in your garden! Follow these tips to make a bee-friendly habitat:
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Hosting an Insect Hotel Workshop at melb Uni
events.humanitix.com
Make your very own bee hotel!
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Earlier flowering happening in Melb: https://t.co/kX6chyo2Ac
theguardian.com
The end of winter tends to lift spirits as colour returns to gardens. But the too-soon blooms have become worryingly consistent
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You’re so much better off making one yourself, you really don’t need much tools or materials to get started after you read a few of these tips. #pollinators #beehotels #nativebees #beehotel #beesofinstagram #nativebeesaustralia #beesofaustralia #🐝 #naturephotography
🚨Store Bee Hotels are Terrible for Native Bees 🐝 ☠️ ⚠️ **Please Share** Now that the warmer weather is arriving and native bees are starting to appear it’s important that people know that buying bee hotels from Bunnings and Aldi is bad for native bees and do worse than good
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🚨Store Bee Hotels are Terrible for Native Bees 🐝 ☠️ ⚠️ **Please Share** Now that the warmer weather is arriving and native bees are starting to appear it’s important that people know that buying bee hotels from Bunnings and Aldi is bad for native bees and do worse than good
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Varroa mite parasite detected in Victoria in first outbreak outside NSW
abc.net.au
An outbreak of the bee-killing parasite is confirmed for the first time in Victoria, just weeks after Australia's largest annual movement of honey-bee hives began arriving in the state.
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Share your video or photos of snipping through a plastic ring, rubber band, or hair tie before disposing of it. Be sure to use the hashtag #snipringsforwildlife to spread the word! ✂️ 👍 https://t.co/DE7F11U3Qt
#AustralianWildlifeSociety #WildlifeConservation
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