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Woodlands play multiple roles in supporting farmland populations of wild bees. Deciduous woods provide floral resources, and open woodlands extend availability of understory floral resources and respite from hot weather resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

🚨MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Senator Alex Padilla was just ARRESTED during Kristi Noem’s press conference for asking questions. This is officially a Fascist country.

D-3 #ClimateWeek🇨🇲 The Royal Botanical Garden, Kew is proud to launch the book - ‘Important Plant Areas in Cameroon’. The book is a result of the partnership between Kew & IRAD-National Herbarium of 🇨🇲 identifying, documenting & conserving biodiversity in 🇨🇲. #GoFarGoTogether

#ClimateWeek🇨🇲 1/3 We are proud to celebrate our own Dr. Cécile Ndjebet, first Cameroonian Kew Medalist. A proud moment recognizing her great leadership in forest conservation & UK’s support for biodiversity. #GoFarGoTogether #ClimateWeek2025 #KewMedal #LCAW

2/3 Dr. Cécile Ndjebet, 17th Kew Medal recipient, is founder of (African Women’s Network for Community Management of Forests) REFACOF, empowering women in forest governance across Africa. Her decades of advocacy are shaping a more inclusive & sustainable future. #GoFarGoTogether

3/3 The Kew Medal honours global champions of plant & fungal conservation. This year’s winner, Dr. Cécile Ndjebet was awarded for her advocacy for women’s rights in Africa’s Forest communities. A proud moment for Cameroon! #GoFarGoTogether

2/3 Dr. Cécile Ndjebet, récipiendaire de la 17e médaille Kew, est la fondatrice du REFACOF , qui responsabilise les femmes dans la gouvernance forestière à travers 🌍. Ses décennies de plaidoyer façonnent un avenir plus inclusif et durable. #GoFarGoTogether

La médaille Kew honore les champions mondiaux de la conservation des espèces rares de la flore. La gagnant de cette année, le Dr Cécile Ndjebet a été récompensée pour son plaidoyer en faveur des droits des femmes dans les communautés forestières d'Afrique. Une fierté pour le 🇨🇲

🇨🇲 During #ClimateWeek, Prof. Phil Stevenson of Kew International visited Cameroon to reinforce the UK-Cameroon partnership on climate action and biodiversity conservation. #GoFarGoTogether #LCAW Ape Action Africa ZSL Africa Collins of Highbury

On reflection the proximity of the Gorilla is perhaps a little comical for such a serious message.

If you are in London in the coming months you might enjoy the World of Wasps exhibition at the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology. Featured on Radio 4 (at 7.22 this morning) the exhibition delves into the unseen lives of wasps. ucl.ac.uk/museums-collec….

📢 Fully funded PhD studentship for UK students is available in my lab RHUL Biology as part of new EU project Trees4Adapt 🌲🌳 🇫🇮 Fieldwork in forest diversity experiments in Finland sataforestdiversity.org 📆 Apply by Sept 8th, start date - Jan 2026 👉 findaphd.com/phds/project/t…

Ottoline Leyser: ‘We are destroying the diversity in our university system’ timeshighereducation.com/depth/ottoline… via Times Higher Education

Nature-friendly farming boosts both biodiversity and crop yields — but scaling it up may need more government subsidies to become as profitable as intensive agriculture, a new study has found ceh.ac.uk/press/nature-f… 🧵 1/

One of the worst cases I've seen yet of beekeeping masquerading as bee conservation: dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/news/new-centr…. This claim is dishonest and misleading and will not result in a paradise for the many species of wild bee/pollinator living in the area. In fact it's the opposite.

BBKA Steven Falk Prof. Jeff Ollerton - @[email protected] True but we have crazy hive densities I urban areas fuelled by rent a hive companies masquerading as bee conservation and gullible corporates sun coming to #beewash See Phil Stevenson 2019 work

Steven Falk Prof Duncan Westbury Prof. Jeff Ollerton - @[email protected] Dave Goulson Bumblebee Conservation Trust Dorset Council UK Natural England BBKA BBC Dorset We need National Bee Unit Defra UK to publish hive density maps (see those produced for london by Ldn Beekeepers Assoc & Phil Stevenson) for the whole of UK, alongside habitat estimates (Landsat data) so beekeepers can see where it’s sustainable or not to put bees and in what no.s

In 2026 Henry Moore's sculptures are returning to Kew Gardens. Monumental Nature is the largest outdoor exhibition of Moore's work ever presented, featuring over 100 pieces incl. 30 monumental sculptures & >70 work on paper, models, and smaller pieces kew.org/kew-gardens/wh…

Rent a bee hive companies continue to deny that honey bees pose any threat to wild pollinators despite a substantial body of evidence being published. New analysis highlights threshold for negative impact even lower than previously thought. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

Yesterday we welcomed Enviro minister Mary Creagh CBE MP to Kew for Defra UK’s #beesneedsweek2025 busting myths & sharing our research about bees & other pollinators with Kew visitors along with our partners on the day UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology & Uni of Reading thanks to everyone who contributed.