Research Project Presentations.
Saturday March 27th
An opportunity to hear from another three of our funded research groups how they have progressed.
Draft programme with approximate timings
10.30 am Introduction. Pam Hunter
10.35am – 11.05am. Drs Rinke Rinkenoog and Matthew Pound. University of Northumbria. This project arose as a follow on from the previous project where urban and rural sites were compared. They are studying whether green infrastructure, provided by businesses, in urban environments can sustain bees and other pollinators. The work includes assessing pollinator diversity across a range of sites in the city centre. In addition, they are analysing pollen in honey and intend to use SEM.
Q&A approx. 15 mins.
11.20am – 12.05pm. Dr Barbara Smith. University of Coventry. Dr Smith is planning to evaluate the effect of particulate matter (pollution) on honey …
