Biodiversity, plants & pollinators. Associate Prof & Curator of Botany, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen.
Jan 14, 2021 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
Honeybee historians - track changes in the UK floral landscape over the last 65 years, showing key changes in nectar resources. New paper in @CommsBio by the Science Team @walesbotanic@Zwickynova@abigailjayne26go.nature.com/3icl2sR
We analysed 441 honey samples from throughout the UK using DNA metabarcoding to find out which plants honeybees use to make honey. We compared this to a survey of honey samples carried out in 1952.