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Join a new citizen science project and help us to uncover the hidden lives of Europe’s ground-nesting #bees - please share with your networks:
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Simon Hodge
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Simon Hodge
@drmilky1
Assist Prof in Applied Ecology, University College Dublin
Dublin City, Ireland Katılım Ocak 2016
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@Conservation_OA Following on from analysis of wildflower seed packets, UCD MSc student Emma Prior has investigated contents of 'bee bombs'. Non-native species still prevalent, but does this negate well-meaning public enagagement @UCDHort @PollinatorPlan
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💐A Botanical Analysis and Price Comparison of Wildflower “Seed Bombs” Available in Ireland
👉mdpi.com/2673-7159/5/4/…👈
Keywords: #bee bombs; floral subsidies; #flower strips; #invasivespecies; native plants; community spaces
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🧐Our results suggest that although seed bombs offer a convenient method of producing mixed-flower habitat patches, consumers should be wary that the number of species they contain can be low, they are likely to contain non-native species.
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This study reports positive effects of an #insectfrass fertiliser on shoot growth in agricultural hemp. #Hemp has multiple uses, and our study relates #circulareconomy principles with sustainable production of this valuable crop. @drmilky1
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Just a few days left to apply for our open PhD and postdoc positions. Interested in agroecology, biodiversity, pollinators and/or pesticides? Check them out! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies @ucddublin @UCDSBES @ucdagfood @UCDEarth @UCDsustain @TeagascEnviron
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Post-doc at UCD for chemist to work on phosphorus recovery from organic and inorganic waste streams. Project funded by Science Foundation Ireland to promote sustainable food production, develop novel fertilizers, and advance circular economy principles.
ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/
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Pan-European @poshbee_eu study found pesticides in bumblebee pollen stores were linked with low colony-level performance @nature. Supportive local farmers meant Irish data were included in this important pollinator research @ZwartblesIE @DavidsOrchard @theapplefarmer @FIBKA_IE
nature@Nature
Nature research paper: Pesticide use negatively affects bumble bees across European landscapes go.nature.com/3T5jfKU
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Curious to discover how #landscape and #climate impact on #insects in #agricultural #crops? 🦋🐝
We studied #honeybees, #bumblebees, solitary #bees, hover flies and #butterflies responses, across 128 sites in Europe
@poshbee_eu @tcddublin @FrontEcolEvol
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Teagasc are advertising a permanent Research Officer position in the hugely important area of “Farmland Biodiversity” topjobs-teagasc.thehirelab.com/LiveJobs/JobAp…
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@EdStrawBio Crop mesh, sticky traps, pheromone traps, mulches etc. All pesticide free plant protection products, but not pesticides?
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‘Pesticide free plant protection products’ is a brain aneurism inducing phrase. If it kills a pest, it’s a pesticide.
The RHS@The_RHS
We are removing the final weeds and bugs control products in our shops and online – a process we’ve been doing for some time. By early May, RHS retail will only sell pesticide free plant protection products as part of our ongoing approach to garden as sustainably as possible
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@yuval_sapir @JeffOllerton We have noticed this effect and one explanation was that WoS started searching using Abstracts (or whole texts) from a certain time. Maybe limit searches to title (and keywords) and see if you get the same jump?
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New research from UCD SAFS students Aaron Carroll and Mark Fitzpatrick describing how insect frass fertilizer increases growth and foliage nutrient content of Irish cereals. Sustainable agriculture based on food waste @AaronCa12 @HexaflyBiotech @UCDHort mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/5…
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@MusingMollusc Fantastic work by UCD MSc student Claudia Barry who sorted 69000 seeds from 'wildflower' packets bought in Ireland. All brands contained a mix of native and non-native species: great for gardens but maybe not so good for restoration efforts @JaneCStout mdpi.com/2091658
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Nice paper from @drmilky1 surveying 'wildflower' seed mixtures in Ireland. Only 25% of seed packets examined originated in Ireland and, of those, less than half the seeds were those of native Irish plant species 😬
mdpi.com/2673-7159/3/1/7
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New paper with UCD AES student John Conway exploring how organic soil amendments, insect frass fertilizer and biochar, affect growth of forage plants chicory and plantain. mdpi.com/1876506 @Agronomy_Mdpi @ucdagfood
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We're delighted to be open again and you no longer need to book a visit (unless you have a group: museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/…)
We'll do what we can to help you enjoy your visit, but please remember that we have limited capacity, so you may need to queue for entry at busy times.
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New paper by Neil Mahon (UCD; MWCM) describing how success of timed pollinator counts depends on where, when, and how long you look! Important considerations if comparing pollinators over multiple sites and/or performing long term monitoring. @N_E_Mahon @JaneCStout @ucdagfood
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New paper on stem nesting bees and wasps in Irish farms. We only found a few species, but different species use different size tubes. Implications for agri-environment schemes and design of garden 'bee hotels' @JaneCStout @irene_bottero @maher_steph @poshbee_eu
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@collieennis @MusingMollusc are all those wee holes in the block filled in? or was it just my low-quality drilling? they could be Hylaeus bees.
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@MusingMollusc Ok so photographing them was far more difficult than I thought. 🤣
I dunno if you can make anything of those pics. Really interesting to see all the wee faces peeking out at night. All dispersed come morning.
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@stephenlawlor8 @collieennis pretty much. About 14 cm long, and bamboo was drilled through at different diameters. One end of the pipe then capped with a wooden disc.
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@collieennis @drmilky1 Is that a piece of 2inch Marley drain with bamboo inserts
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