Learn more about Australia’s native bees and why they are essential to our ecosystem and agriculture with one of Australia’s leading bee researchers.
Australia has remarkable native bee fauna, with a large number of endemic species. Among those are the incredible stingless bees: native social bees that live in colonies of tens of thousands of workers and produce honey, similar to European honey bees. In this talk Dr Ros Gloag will give an overview of Australia’s native bees and why they are important to our ecosystems and our agriculture. Ros will also talk about new research on our native stingless bees that is shedding light on their remarkable behaviours and ecology.
The Chau Chak Wing Museum has kindly agreed to host our World Bee Day event and will also be arranging some special displays of native bees from the museums collection. Visitors are also able to freely explore the museum before and after the talk. https://www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats-on/talks-and-events/australias-amazing-stingless-bees.html
Dr Gloag is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Life and Environmental Science at The University of Sydney. Her research expertise is the ecology and evolution of bees, including Australia’s native stingless bees.
This event is free to attend!
We may be able to Livestream the talk, we will keep you posted whether this is going ahead.
The talk will start at 1pm and finish at 2pm.