Imogen Ryan (she/her)

PhD student at UEA studying the requirements of wild pollinators within an agricultural landscape and the value they have for pollination of soft fruits

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

I passed my viva!!
Many thanks to my examiners @jakecologist and @JenGill3 for a great viva and @BerryWorldGroup and @NERCscience for funding my PhD and to the farms, family and friends that made it all possible!

I’ll miss you UEA and Norwich!

[Lynn Dicks @LynnDicks]

Massive congratulations @midge_ryan10 for passing your PhD viva today. @ueaceec excelled, as ever, with your research in cake form, complete with polytunnel.

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

@SUSPOLL_ire @LynnDicks @ueaceec Thank you!!

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

@JenGill3 @Ewing_birds @thomas_bodey @PaulDolman3 @_SamanthaFranks @drredshank @ueaceec @_BTO @RSPBScience Congratulations Harry!! Can’t wait to celebrate with you!! Hope you’re having a great evening!

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

Whistle stop tour of Brussels

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

Now on train no.3 of 5! 🇸🇪🇩🇪🇧🇪🇬🇧

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

@ElieKent Said cabin 👇

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

Catch me on this mornings Farming Today This Week talking about my research on the use of honeybees for raspberry crop pollination and the risks to wild pollinators of overstocking honeybee hives #agroecology #pollination #honeybees @ueaceec @biouea

[AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social @AABiologists]

An exciting start to #pollinators22 this morning w an interview for @BBCFarmingToday @charlottebsmith about the event and the research of Michelle Fountain @niabgroup and Imogen Ryan @plastic_freephd

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

Thank you to AAB for organising a great conference and inviting me to speak to such an esteemed audience.

[AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social @AABiologists]

Imogen Ryan @plastic_freephd looks at the impact of managed honeybee populations on the pollination of raspberry plants... Take home is that required pollinations are much less than would occur w managed (not wild) visits... therefore they are likely not needed! #Pollinators22

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

Attempting to pass off the introduction of this number of hives (for honey production) as ecologically beneficial is grossly misleading. Saturating the landscape with managed bees doesn't benefit wild pollinators and conflicts with any other pollinator conservation efforts.

[M&S News @MandSnews]

Did you know that bees contribute to a third of the food we eat? At M&S, we’re introducing more than 30 million bees to our Select Farms to help protect the future of these all-important pollinators and the planet. Follow our Bee Blog for updates: https://t.co/zUpPFRv7br🐝

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

@cheetahmarsh @RefugeCharity Thank you!!

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

Fundraising page still open for anybody that would still like to donate!

[Refuge @RefugeCharity]

@plastic_freephd is this week's #FridayFundraiser – she's shaved her head to fundraise for #TeamRefuge!
She's raised £1093 - that's enough to welcome 21 women into one of our refuges for one night!
If you'd like to support her fundraiser go here 👇
https://t.co/3PYVl30j9b

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

https://t.co/gWbyZkTFx9

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

I shaved my head to raise money for @RefugeCharity to support victims of domestic violence trapped with their abusers throughout lockdown 2.0. I am now only £42 away from raising £1K! Any donations, no matter how small, would be great!

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

@LynnDicks @Barnsley_SL @LPCrowther @ClaireWallace95 @StevenFalk1 Indeed! Though it’s definitely not Melecta or Xylocopa

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

Does anybody know if this is likely to be a broken 2m-cu vein in the first photo of this Andrena species? The second photo shows it dropped completely on the other forewing @LynnDicks @Barnsley_SL @LPCrowther @ClaireWallace95 @StevenFalk1

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

#WorldBeeDay2020 Here’s the bee that started it all for me. These iridescent male Euglossa collect aromatic compounds from orchids and store them in the hind tibia (their funky flares). Their unique “perfume” concoction is thought to provide females with a measure of fitness

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

Such a lovely blog post by @ClaireWallace95 finding the positives of lockdown for our insect friends

[Bumblebee Conservation Trust @BumblebeeTrust]

Pollinators in a #pandemic... Could #bumblebees benefit from the current pause on society?

PhD student, @ClaireWallace95 studies how road verges impact bumblebees & has written a fascinating blog on how she believes the #lockdown may affect #pollinators.

https://t.co/4VLsy044cw

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

@ClaireWallace95 We’ve had a couple in the garden!

[Imogen Ryan (she/her) @midge_ryan10]

Is anyone doing the overnight ferry crossing from Liverpool to Belfast on the 8th December for the @BritishEcolSoc Annual meeting?