Dr. Katherine Burns

✨NEW RESEARCH ALERT!✨ How does #bee pollination contribute to the production value of #Irish #faba beans? How do bee species compare in terms of their importance to bean #pollination? 🌿🐝 Read our open access paper HERE: shorturl.at/ceHMT #crops #agriculture (1/7)

Celebrating #PollinationWeek See our news page as we review some of the pollination projects that we've supported over the years bit.ly/2lgdJXk @FergusJChadwick @faith_mpondo @kburns_buzz @corneile_m @DaraStanley @SussexUni @UCDSBES @SvenskaBin @pollinatesweden

Taking advantage of a break in the rain to search for #bees at @eaglehillmaine’s Native Bee Workshop! Identifying bumble bees and field journaling this afternoon! 🐝

Just some #FriarBio-logists helping with today’s RI Bumble Bee Survey Field Day, lead by @kburns_buzz! 🐝🐝

Excited to be a part of this @EB_Entsoc outreach event with @ProvidenceCol #PCresearch students, and #pollinator friends from @universityofri and @RhodeIslandDEM! Want to learn about insects? Come visit us at this FREE family-friendly event in Providence, RI! 🦋🐝

So thrilled to have this PhD data chapter finally published! The next step is to hopefully start the process of trying to test the theory. One down four to go! sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @DaraStanley @monicamgorman Anne Markey @ucdagfood @UCDEarth @UCDTropEcol @WestLunga

Bee pollination contributes significantly to the pod set of faba beans, with pollination services accounting for almost €4,000,000 per year in Ireland alone: @kburns_buzz & @DaraStanley resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… #pollinators #ecosystemservices #biodiversity

#New #research published 31 January 2023 in #Agricultural and #Forest #Entomology @AFEntomology finds that #Irish #faba #beans (#Fabales: #Fabaceae) depend on #wild #bumblebee #pollination for marketable #yields 🐝 Read more here: royensoc.co.uk/afe23-irish-fa… #Entomology #Journal

A HUGE thank you to my co-author and PhD supervisor, @DaraStanley! Thank you also to my funders @IrishResearch, @EPAIreland, @EvaCraneTrust, & @STEM_Galway. I am also SO grateful for the amazing farmers who let me tromp around their fields with a net. (7/7) #LoveIrishResearch

Supporting wild #bumblebee populations may therefore be more beneficial for #faba bean production than using managed #pollinators (e.g., commercial #honeybees & bumblebees). Management could include reducing #pesticide use and providing floral & nesting resources. (6/7)

✨NEW RESEARCH ALERT!✨ How does #bee pollination contribute to the production value of #Irish #faba beans? How do bee species compare in terms of their importance to bean #pollination? 🌿🐝 Read our open access paper HERE: shorturl.at/ceHMT #crops #agriculture (1/7)

Live in/near RI? Interested in how YOU can help #SaveTheBees? 🐝 Volunteer for the RI Bumble Bee Suvery, led by @kburns_buzz! My lab volunteered in last year’s pilot survey and had a blast! More info and how to volunteer in recent story by @ecoRInews. ecori.org/bumblebee-stud…

In this week's newsletter: Bee study buzz; The plastic in your fleece; RI Hospital emits but fails to submit; conta.cc/3Q9HNi4

A huge congratulations to the wonderful @aoreilly28 who successfully defended her PhD today. Alison has been working on bees and pesticides, from the field to the lab, at @ucdagfood, @_Rosemount and @UCDEarth as part of @SUSPOLL_ire. Very well deserved! #proudsupervisor

Massive congratulations to @BombusThompson who passed her PhD viva yesterday. Thanks also to examiners @richjgill and @HelenBSheridan and chair @ThosCummins. Read more about Linzi's work below! @ucdagfood @ProtectsProject @JaneCStout

@DaraStanley @BombusThompson @richjgill @HelenBSheridan @ThosCummins @ucdagfood @ProtectsProject @JaneCStout Congratulations!!! 🐝🎉💛

@DaraStanley @aoreilly28 @ucdagfood @_Rosemount @UCDEarth @SUSPOLL_ire Congratulations, bee queen! 🐝👑