Bug Hero: The Bee Babette (Dr KIT PRENDERGAST)

About this episode

Dr Kit Prendergast discusses the importance of wild bees and the threats they face.

This episode we are joined by Dr Kit Prendergast to talk about wild bees! How do we protect these important pollinators from the many threats and what exactly are those threats? And what the heck is a lek? We talk about naming an undescribed species after Tom Ellis, costuming, and the challenges of science outreach when discussing honeybees. Unfortunately this is an audio medium so you'll have to go to her socials to see pictures of her dog Zephyr, who has a species named after them now!Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/buzzonwildbees/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.beebabette Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheBeeBabette ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kit-Prendergast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBeeBabette Send us questions and suggestions! BugsNeedHeroes@gmail.com Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bugsneedheroes/ Join us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bugsneedheroes Join us on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BugsNeedHeroes Hosted by Amanda Niday and Kelly Zimmerman with editing by Derek Conrad and Camazotz. Created by Derek Conrad and Kelly Zimmerman. Character artwork by Amanda Niday. Music is Ladybug…

People in this episode

Hosts: Amanda Niday, Kelly Zimmerman

Guest: Dr Kit Prendergast

Topics covered

• wild bees
• pollinators
• science outreach
• species naming
• honeybees
• environmental threats

Keywords

• wild bees
• pollinators
• lek
• species naming
• honeybees
• science outreach
• environmental threats

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BugsNeedHeroes, Facebook, Instagram, Patreon, ResearchGate, Youtube

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