Dr. Katherine Burns

Entomologist with the RI Department of Environmental Management. Interested in pollination ecology and passionate about pollinator conservation! 🐝🦋 (she/her)

[Dr. Katherine Burns @kburns_buzz]

✨NEW RESEARCH ALERT!✨

How does #bee pollination contribute to the production value of #Irish #faba beans? How do bee species compare in terms of their importance to bean #pollination? 🌿🐝

Read our open access paper HERE: https://t.co/KokzaRhsyb #crops #agriculture (1/7)

[Eva Crane Trust @EvaCraneTrust]

Celebrating #PollinationWeek

See our news page as we review some of the pollination projects that we've supported over the years

https://t.co/1jiad61l6C

@FergusJChadwick @faith_mpondo @kburns_buzz @corneile_m @DaraStanley @SussexUni @UCDSBES @SvenskaBin @pollinatesweden

[Dr. Rachael E. Bonoan @RachaelEBee]

Taking advantage of a break in the rain to search for #bees at @eaglehillmaine’s Native Bee Workshop! Identifying bumble bees and field journaling this afternoon! 🐝

[Dr. Rachael E. Bonoan @RachaelEBee]

Just some #FriarBio-logists helping with today’s RI Bumble Bee Survey Field Day, lead by @kburns_buzz! 🐝🐝

[Dr. Rachael E. Bonoan @RachaelEBee]

Excited to be a part of this @EB_Entsoc outreach event with @ProvidenceCol #PCresearch students, and #pollinator friends from @universityofri and @RhodeIslandDEM!

Want to learn about insects? Come visit us at this FREE family-friendly event in Providence, RI! 🦋🐝

[Christine Coppinger @CoppingerZam]

So thrilled to have this PhD data chapter finally published! The next step is to hopefully start the process of trying to test the theory. One down four to go! https://t.co/Vuqkppj4J8

@DaraStanley
@monicamgorman Anne Markey @ucdagfood @UCDEarth @UCDTropEcol
@WestLunga

[Agricultural and Forest Entomology @AFEntomology]

Bee pollination contributes significantly to the pod set of faba beans, with pollination services accounting for almost €4,000,000 per year in Ireland alone: @kburns_buzz & @DaraStanley https://t.co/52Udy84oBE #pollinators #ecosystemservices #biodiversity

[Royal Entomological Society @RoyEntSoc]

#New #research published 31 January 2023 in #Agricultural and #Forest #Entomology @AFEntomology finds that #Irish #faba #beans (#Fabales: #Fabaceae) depend on #wild #bumblebee #pollination for marketable #yields 🐝

Read more here:
https://t.co/pRZGBzsYr8

#Entomology #Journal

[Dr. Katherine Burns @kburns_buzz]

A HUGE thank you to my co-author and PhD supervisor, @DaraStanley! Thank you also to my funders @IrishResearch, @EPAIreland, @EvaCraneTrust, & @STEM_Galway.

I am also SO grateful for the amazing farmers who let me tromp around their fields with a net. (7/7)

#LoveIrishResearch

[Dr. Katherine Burns @kburns_buzz]

✨NEW RESEARCH ALERT!✨

How does #bee pollination contribute to the production value of #Irish #faba beans? How do bee species compare in terms of their importance to bean #pollination? 🌿🐝

Read our open access paper HERE: https://t.co/KokzaRhsyb #crops #agriculture (1/7)

[Dr. Katherine Burns @kburns_buzz]

Supporting wild #bumblebee populations may therefore be more beneficial for #faba bean production than using managed #pollinators (e.g., commercial #honeybees & bumblebees).

Management could include reducing #pesticide use and providing floral & nesting resources. (6/7)

[Dr. Rachael E. Bonoan @RachaelEBee]

Live in/near RI? Interested in how YOU can help #SaveTheBees? 🐝 Volunteer for the RI Bumble Bee Suvery, led by @kburns_buzz! My lab volunteered in last year’s pilot survey and had a blast!

More info and how to volunteer in recent story by @ecoRInews. https://t.co/MRjpQOnuLv

[ecoRI News @ecoRInews]

In this week's newsletter: Bee study buzz; The plastic in your fleece; RI Hospital emits but fails to submit; https://t.co/dA9R5BUDlh

[Dara Stanley @DaraStanley]

A huge congratulations to the wonderful @aoreilly28 who successfully defended her PhD today. Alison has been working on bees and pesticides, from the field to the lab, at @ucdagfood, @_Rosemount and @UCDEarth as part of @SUSPOLL_ire. Very well deserved! #proudsupervisor

[Dara Stanley @DaraStanley]

Massive congratulations to @BombusThompson who passed her PhD viva yesterday. Thanks also to examiners @richjgill and @HelenBSheridan and chair @ThosCummins. Read more about Linzi's work below! @ucdagfood @ProtectsProject @JaneCStout

[Dr. Katherine Burns @kburns_buzz]

@DaraStanley @BombusThompson @richjgill @HelenBSheridan @ThosCummins @ucdagfood @ProtectsProject @JaneCStout Congratulations!!! 🐝🎉💛

[Dr. Katherine Burns @kburns_buzz]

@DaraStanley @aoreilly28 @ucdagfood @_Rosemount @UCDEarth @SUSPOLL_ire Congratulations, bee queen! 🐝👑