Emily Bailes

Scientist interested in plants & pollinators

[Emily Bailes @EmilyJBailes]

Had a fantastic day with @BuzzingWales training a lovely bunch in Bumblebee ID. Most of the big 7 plus a cuckoo!

[BBCT Wales @BuzzingWales]

Bumblebee identification & Beewalk training @TreborthBG today! Delighted to welcome a smashing group including lovely local Beekeepers - great to have such exchange of knowledge and ideas around #pollinators!

[Emily Bailes @EmilyJBailes]

Very much enjoyed our discussion of values and cake with the @BangorSNS masters in conservation and land management students. Excellent baking and excellent presentations! @juliapgjones sorry you missed out on the cake!

[Julia Jones @juliapgjones]

Good to see our new 1st year students @BangorUni are a curious, engaged and resilient bunch: bit of Welsh weather doesn't put them off! Fantastic conservation & environmental management field trip to @Cwm_Idwal this morning. https://t.co/CWmHuQFiYV

[Dr Craig Shuttleworth @Welshsquirrels]

Grey squirrel swimming 🤿 across the Menai Strait to Anglesey 9/9/21. Nightmare.
📷 Andy Cooper.

[Emily Bailes @EmilyJBailes]

Don't throw out open book exams yet. Yes issues of unfair means, but also evidence that they are more inclusive and authentic test of skills. Can we get around issues of unfair means other ways? Emma Jones @SheffieldMBB #Biosummit2021

[Emily Bailes @EmilyJBailes]

Fantastic talk from @ElliTheobald on active learning and the benefits for minority groups on exam scores. Essentially, do as much as you can to even out differences! #Biosummit2021

[Emily Bailes @EmilyJBailes]

It's finally out! Our Brown-Leadbeater lab collaboration. We look at whether the impact of multiple stressors (parasites/nutrition/agrochemicals) can be predicted by adding the effects together. See Harry's tweet below or read the paper @nature https://t.co/oqJZkBBinZ

[Harry Siviter @harrysiviter]

Really happy to present our new paper published in @Nature . We use meta-analysis to show that interactions between agrochemicals, poor nutrition and parasites interact synergistically to increase bee mortality. Start of thread (1/13). https://t.co/dd5gqOCPJJ

[Emily Bailes @EmilyJBailes]

@harrysiviter @poshbee_eu And @BBSRC

[Emily Bailes @EmilyJBailes]

Excited to be starting @BangorSNS as a Teaching and Scholarship Lecturer in Conservation Science!

[Emily Bailes @EmilyJBailes]

A great day with Sally @BuzzingPeak looking for the bilberry bumblebee at @nationaltrust Longshaw. Sadly no luck, but lots of other bumbles seen in our 2 hour blitz! @BumblebeeTrust

[Emily Bailes @EmilyJBailes]

@apiculturalLdn @sphaerularia @RHULBioSci @SheffieldMBB @DaveGoulson We only had one mix of flowers so I can't say for sure, but it is likely the flower species matter - there is some evidence from Lyn Adler's group that different flower species can transmit parasites at different rates.

[Emily Bailes @EmilyJBailes]

Our new paper is out! Increased bee densities (as we see at wildflower strips) can increase disease transmission, but it depends on the parasite. All those muddly sleepless nights were worth it afterall! paper at: https://t.co/hTwdp8dQFE @sphaerularia @RHULBioSci @SheffieldMBB

[Emily Bailes @EmilyJBailes]

@sphaerularia @RHULBioSci @SheffieldMBB I should add, this doesn't mean that wildflower strips are bad for pollinators (there are lots of great studys that show they are) but maybe after some more research, we can tweak them to make them better! :)

[Emily Bailes @EmilyJBailes]

Really cool work by @sphaerularia @HaukeKoch and @chickpeaman

[Mark Brown @sphaerularia]

Heather is better for bumblebees 🐝🐝 than we thought! Great BBC article by @hbriggs on @HaukeKoch’s latest research. Great to work with him and @chickpeaman on this project @RHULBioSci https://t.co/qCG7SLZeOj

[Women in Biology RHUL @RHULWiB]

Does gender bias still affect women in science? A review of evidence by @Roper_Lab https://t.co/nByBCSEjc7

[Emily Bailes @EmilyJBailes]

Enjoying the break in the weather at North Yorkshire Moors, and another bilberry bee sighting! I think this one is a male (seen near Ingleborough) @BuzzingPeak #bees #thistle

[Emily Bailes @EmilyJBailes]

@ragwortfacts @BillEllson @WildlifeTrusts @B_Strawbridge Very interesting, thanks!

[Emily Bailes @EmilyJBailes]

@BillEllson @WildlifeTrusts @B_Strawbridge So when the law was written, those plants were seen as as sign of neglect?