They\u2019re often sworn at, swatted and slapped, but without them, plant life as we know it could cease to exist.<\/p>\n
With bee populations in Niagara and beyond dropping because of habitat loss and use of poisonous insecticides, helping the region\u2019s 150 species of wild bees is an important task.<\/p>\n
Bees fertilize crops by collecting pollen from blossom to blossom and redistributing the pollen to other plants.<\/p>\n
\u201cPollen is to plants what sperm is to animals \u2014 the male gametes that are required for fertilization and production of seeds,\u201d says Brock University Professor of Biology Miriam Richards.<\/p>\n
Richards is the author of the Niagara Community Observatory\u2019s latest research brief, Promoting Pollinators: Niagara Bees and How to Help Them.<\/em><\/p>\n The NCO brief describes the wild bee situation in Niagara, as well as simple measures that can be taken to boost their numbers.<\/p>\n \u201cBees command a functionally significant and economically vital role in our lives,\u201d says Charles Conteh, Director of the Niagara Community Observatory.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom the analysis and recommendations put forward by Professor Richards in this policy brief, regional and local municipalities, along with other Niagara residents, can engage in a concerted effort to rethink land-use planning and calibrate our approach to the surrounding habitats,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Richards will be presenting her bee research brief at Brock University on Tuesday, May 7, followed by a question-and-answer session on key themes and points.<\/p>\n What:<\/strong> Promoting Pollinators: Niagara Bees and How to Help Them They\u2019re often sworn at, swatted and slapped, but without them, plant life as we know it could cease to exist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":47756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,3319,41,1,4,5],"tags":[3095,5961,63,3325],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57797"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85848,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57797\/revisions\/85848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/em>Who:<\/strong> Miriam Richards, Professor of Biology and brief author
\nWhen:<\/strong> Tuesday, May 7, 9:30 to 11 a.m.
\nWhere:<\/strong> Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex, Room 207
\nRSVP:<\/strong> Carol Phillips, cphillips3@brocku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"