MEDIA RELEASE: 5 October 2018 – R00175

It’s pretty easy to monitor a moose or a bear when studying their foraging and mating patterns over a few years: just clip some kind of label or tracking device onto one of their body parts.

But what if you’re observing a specific bee over time? Do you attach a label onto one of its little legs?

Brock University bee expert Miriam Richards will be explaining her research to Members of Parliament Chris Bittle and Vance Badawey on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. as part of a tour in Brock’s Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex.

Bittle and Badawey are visiting Brock University on the day the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) is set to announce significant funding for scientists nation-wide, including those at Brock University.

At 1:30 p.m., Bittle and Badawey, along with Brock Vice-President, Research Tim Kenyon, will be meeting informally with researchers who received grants from the federal government’s science research funding agency.

Kenyon, the researchers and others will be available for interviews and photos.

For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

* Dan Dakin, Manager Communications and Media Relations, Brock University ddakin@brocku.ca, 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970

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