PollinHeads โ This calls for another high-fly! Leo is so happy to share the news that Leoโs Pollinators has been nominated for a YMA Award of Excellence!
She couldnโt have done this without her team & partners! Thank you @YMAMJ !!
Buzz'tastic news PollinHeads! Leo's Pollinators has been nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Children's Non-fiction series. A big high-fly to our cast, crew, experts and partners!
Thank you @TheCdnAcademy !!
@tvo@RocketFund@FifthGround@ParksCanada@OntarioParks
Do you like carving pumpkins for Halloween, or enjoying a slice of delicious pumpkin pie? You have the Squash Bee to thank for that. The team is joining Dr. Susan Chan (@squash_bee) at Buckhorn Berry Farm to find out all about this important pollinator.
Join tonight on #TVOkids!
Just because a bat LOOKS like it wants to bite you, doesnโt mean that it is trying to. It is probably just echolocating... What is Echolocating?? Watch this clip to find out! ๐ฆ
The full episode airs tonight at 6:30pm on #TVOkids!
@Christina_Davy#bats#echolocating
Chloe and Housten are joining @Christina_Davy from Carleton University for her annual research night at an abandoned mine near Ottawa Ontario, to help collect data on a key pollinator predator - bats!
Donโt miss the adventure on #TVOkids tomorrow at 6:30pm! #ExplorerClubTV
The ever-feared wasp is the subject of this week's mission!
Housten and Chloe are putting on their brave pants and heading to Ottawa to meet up with scientist and wasp specialist Dr. Rob Longair, to try and learn more about these much-feared pollinators! #Wasps
Ants - pests or a misunderstood pollinator pal? The PollinHeads are helping Aaron Fairweather from the University of Guelph find out!
Tune in tonight on TVOkids to join the adventure!
#ants#savethepollinators#explorerclubtv
Plant or Pollinator... which comes first? ๐คThe PollinHeads are looking to find the answer tonight as they head out into The Meadoway with the team from University of Toronto!
Airing tonight - 6:30pm on #TVOkids@RocketFund@UtscBiology @jscottmacivor @sisleyirwin@UTSC
It's green, it's metallic, it's the official bee of Toronto - The Sweat Bee!
We're joining Scott and Sisley from the University of Toronto to get a closer look at Bicoloured Agapostemon.
Tomorrow at 6:30pm on #TVOkids!
@utscbiology@utsc @jscottmacivor @sisleyirwin
Who doesn't enjoy a great game of tag? The PollinHeads are meeting up with Vicky from @TRCA_HQ, to help with an amazing program that tags and tracks the Monarchs. This way we can keep a better eye on their population! Tune in this Thursday for a new adventure on #TVOkids!
Watch along as Amanda from Carleton University explains how Mimics disguise themselves as a wasp, and how you can tell them apart in the wild!
Make sure you tune in this Thursday, at 6:30pm to learn all about models and mimics!
#leospollinators#explorerclub#pollinators
The PollinHeads are joining Amanda from Carleton University week to learn all about the Syrphid Fly, aka, Mimics! These pollinator pals love to impersonate other pollinators like bees, which can make them hard to tell apart.
#leospollinators#explorerclub#pollinators
Why do Sphinx Moths hover over flowers while they eat - isnโt that super tiring? Weโve always wondered why they donโt just land on the flower and take a proper snack break like a bee would. But Maddie explains why itโs actually smarter for them to hover - watch to find out why!
This week - We're shining the spotlight on those fantastic night-time pollinators - moths!
Chloe and Housten are heading out to Bruce Peninsula National Park with Maddie from @ParksCanadaNL, to do a special survey on these acrobatic superstar pollinators, the Sphinx Moth
This week, Chloe will be meeting with Aimee from @ParksCanada, and Cheryl Bryce, at Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site to learn more about our busy & buzzy friend, the Leafcutter Bee!