Feb 07 2022 33 mins 2
Today, our new host Georgia and seasoned host Ruby spoke to PhD student Jake Moscrop about bees, pollinators and their impact on food security. Jake is a PhD student in Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Having grown up on his family farm, he is now interested in how agriculture and conservation can work together to make our food production more efficient without costing the environment. Before starting his PhD, he worked at the National Botanic Gardens in Wales researching the foraging habits of bees in order to aid rainforest conservation in Borneo. His PhD project at the University of Cambridge aims to explore which floral characteristics bees find attractive. Knowing this will help increase the pollination and yield of specific plant species.
You can find out more about Jake and his research by viewing these very informative YouTube clips about his research:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fgII_Z2x9c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ36q9pi5io
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