PhD Student in @NigelERaine lab and @ArrellFoodInst Scholar @UofG | Entomology, ecology, biodiversity, agri-food, pollination and bees!! (she/her)
Jul 14, 2022 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
Our new paper ‘Quantifying exposure of #bumblebee (Bombus spp.) queens to #pesticide residues when hibernating in agricultural soils’ is out in Environmental Pollution! 👉doi.org/10.1016/j.envp…#Pollinators#OpenAccess@ELSenviron@NigelERaine@McArtLab 🐝👑🧵(1/5)
(2/5) Many bumble🐝 species hibernate underground, where they can be exposed to soil contaminants. To quantify #exposure to #pesticide residues for these 👑, we sampled soils from suitable likely hibernation sites on🍎and diversified farms in Ontario 🇨🇦 during fall🍂