Tom Timberlake

📢Exciting job opportunity at the Univ. of Bristol! Coordinating our new project on pollinator conservation, management & policy in Nepal, led by Jane Memmott 🐝Suitable for any pollination, agroecology or sustainable development researchers/practitioners: jobs.ac.uk/job/DPJ228/res…

For anyone interested in sustainable beekeeping, pollination and bee health (particularly in South Asia) this conference will be a great event in a very beautiful location🇳🇵Abstract submissions open soon! besnet.world/events/interna…

Flies are enormously important as decomposers & recyclers, and are vital for food chains: numerous birds, bats & fish depend on them. Another role is becoming increasingly recognised: their contribution to myiophily, that is, pollination by flies. Blog @ scottishpollinators.wordpress.com

In Athayde's latest blog ... Gardeners with small patches of land to work on may question whether their efforts make a difference in promoting biodiversity and helping pollinators. The answer to both questions is 'yes'. Read @ scottishpollinators.wordpress.com

PhD position assessing the impact of extreme climate events on bumblebees at @BristolBioSci Position with me, @englishse & @HugoBHarrison Fully funded position for students of black heritage. #blackinSTEM Please RT and circulate. shorturl.at/Iv1Yc

@Kedar_devkota Congratulations on this great work Kedar - it's an important baseline for understanding and conserving pollination services in Nepal

I am so glad to share a new article published in Scientific Report. New insight on the importance of pollination on economic as well nutritional value in the Nepalese context @TomTimberlake92 links.springernature.com/f/a/084tQ9M0l0…

@StevenFalk1 @royalsociety @nicktew95 @Buzz_dont_tweet @savebutterflies @BumblebeeTrust @JeffOllerton @DaveGoulson @NaturalEngland @DefraNature @CFEonline @TonyJuniper @FarmWildlifeUK Thanks Steven! Couldn't agree more on these suggestions. There's still not enough focus on the TIMING of floral resources in pollinator conservation. Early flowering trees/shrubs like the ones you mention give a lot more bang for their buck that standard spring/summer flowers

@TomTimberlake92 @royalsociety @nicktew95 Great study Tom et.al. We need more incentives for creating spring blossom sequences in farmland (esp use of Prunus cerasifera & Salix caprea in early spring) & for encouraging late-blooming arable margins/grassy areas + Ivy after July hay-cutting/margin-mowing.

Gardens reduce hunger gaps for farmland pollinators! 🏡🐝 In early spring & late summer rural gardens produce 50-95% of farmland nectar, throwing pollinators a crucial lifeline. More in our @royalsociety paper with @nicktew95 and Jane Memmott: doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2… and in🧵👇

8. Flowers that produce loads of nectar & pollen in the early spring and late summer are likely to have the greatest benefit for farmland pollinators. For planting ideas, see these great lists from @DaveGoulson: sussex.ac.uk/lifesci/goulso… and the RHS: rhs.org.uk/science/resear…

7. We show that >90% of farmland in GB is within 1km of a garden, and therefore accessible to mobile pollinators like bumblebees. So positive actions by gardeners can have far-reaching benefits. For the 27 million gardeners in the UK - you can all make a big difference!

Nanoplastics uptake to organisms isn't only about exposure concentrations, but also variable biological traits should be considered. Check out more in our recently published manuscript: link.springer.com/article/10.118…

Our paper is published today in @Nature journal! If you want to know more about how communities interact across habitats and interaction types, and their effects on ecosystem functioning and stability, the paper is here🔽 nature.com/articles/s4158…

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