About this episode

The episode features an interview with Clancy Lester, known as 'Bee Man', discussing his work in biodiversity education and community engagement.

This week we had the pleasure of speaking with Clancy Lester aka "Bee Man" - a nature lover and founder of Bees and Blossoms. Through growing up on Yorta Yorta Country in regional Victoria, Clancy developed an early fascination with the natural world that later evolved into community-focused biodiversity education through social media and hands-on workshops. His work empowers young people and communities to engage with local biodiversity, and learn about indigenous knowledge, especially through watching his '7Seasons' documentary. You can follow Clancy and find out more about his work here: Clancy's website: https://beesandblossoms.org/ Clancy's bee hotel website: https://nativebeehotels.com/ Clancy's pursuit article: https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/fighting-to-save-our-aussie-bees-one-bee-hotel-at-a-time Clancy's ABC news article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-09/bee-hunter-saving-native-species-one-hotel-at-a-time/104881770 Bees and Blossoms Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beesandblossoms.aus/ Bees and Blossoms LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beesandblossoms/ Clancy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-clancy-lester/ 7Seasons…

People in this episode

Host: Unimelb SciComm

Guest: Clancy Lester

Topics covered

• biodiversity
• indigenous knowledge
• community education
• nature conservation
• social media
• workshops

Keywords

• biodiversity education
• native bees
• community workshops
• indigenous knowledge
• environmental conservation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bees and Blossoms, ABC, Unimelb

Books & works: 7Seasons

Places: Yorta Yorta Country, Victoria

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