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Australia’s native bees struggled after the Black Summer fires – but a world‑first solution brought them buzzing back

Kit Prendergast received funding from the federal government's Bushfire Recovery Grant to undertake this research project, and from Flow Hive to write the research paper. She was previously a member ...
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The Outside Story: Late-blooming flowers feed native bees

As the height-of-summer floral abundance fades, goldenrods and asters fill the landscape with hits of yellow, purple, pink and white. Beyond the beauty they provide, these late bloomers are a critical ...
The Conversation

I discovered a new Australian native bee, but there are still hundreds we need to identify

Kit Prendergast received funding from the Atlas of Living Australia, with a Biodiversity Mobilisation Grant and Goldfields Environmental Management Group Grant. The surveys were conducted as an ...
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Australia’s native bees struggled after the Black Summer fires – but a world-first solution brought them buzzing back

After a devastating bushfire, efforts to help nature recover typically focus on vertebrates and plants. Yet extreme fires can threaten insects, too. After the Black Summer fires of 2019–20, I embarked ...