Powerful Pollinators Webinar
Event description
The Wheen Bee Foundation are hosting a FREE Webinar!
Join Lea Hannah Project Manager Powerful Pollinators, Dr Anna Carrucan, Second-generation beekeeper & botanist, ecologist & conservation agriculturalist and Dr Megan Halcroft from Bees Business, for a webinar to:
- Find out how pollinators can play a role in healthy farm enterprises;
- Discover how to encourage pollinator populations on your property;
- Be introduced to our new planting guides and how they can be used on farm; and
- Find out how to apply for tree grants that support pollinator habitat restorations.
Speaker #1Â Dr Anna Carrucan
Dr Anna Carrucan, a second-generation beekeeper, with a PhD in botany, as well as a qualified teacher and educator, and science communicator.  Read more about Anna here.
Speaker #2Â Dr Megan Halcroft from Bees Business
Dr Megan Halcroft began her PhD candidature at UWS in 2008, studying A. australis and their potential as an alternative (to the honey bee) crop pollinator. She has been looking at their foraging behaviour and energy expenditure, compared to other Australian stingless bee species. Read more about Megan here. Â
Speaker #3 Lea Hannah, Project Manager Powerful Pollinator
Lea Hannah is a pollination biologist fascinated by all aspects of plant-pollinator interactions and improving biodiversity within both natural and agricultural landscapes. Lea is a PhD candidate at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney University. Read more about Lea hereÂ
Bring your questions!
A link will be emailed to registered participants one day prior.
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