Dr Kit Prendergast @BeeBabette Twitter profile

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Dr Kit Prendergast

3 years

Happy #WorldBeeDay ! 😍 🐝 To learn more about how you can help #SavetheBees , check out my book “Creating a Haven for Native Bees” - email kitprendergast21 @gmail .com for a copy #SavetheBees #AustralianNativeBees #BeeBabette #bees #WildBees #pollinators

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 months

Hi @Coles I’m Dr Kit, native bee expert. My PhD research was on #beehotels , and I have published numerous articles both in journals and for the public, including being featured on Gardening Australia. These are terribly designed. 1/

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

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@PhilippBayer Whenever I hear of a theory of everything I’m like huh, pretty sure they’ve never done ecology where the answer to every question is “it depends”

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 months

The holes are inappropriately sized, the wrong bees are depicted. These should not be sold If anyone wants to learn how to actually create bee and insect hotels, email me at kitprendergast21 @gmail .com for a copy of Creating a Haven for Native Bees #ripoff #beewashing

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

1 year

Years in the making, my paper on #beehotels from my #phd is published ! Find out about how effective they are, which #bees use them & more here: @CostasGarden #savethebees #ozpollinators #urbanecology #WomenInSTEM

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

#solitarybees #savethebees #honeybees #wildbees @apiculturalLdn

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 months

Another day, another “scientists declare the bee the most important species on the planet” post. I’m a bee scientist and whilst I love bees, it’s not true. There’s also not “The bee”. There’s 20K species. Please stop sharing and liking these misinformed posts #scicomm

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

New native bee species with distinctive 'snout' discovered in Perth's Kings Park

Scientist discovers a native bee with a 'snout' in a city park and names it after her dog

Ecologist Kit Prendergast makes an exciting discovery in an unexpected place — a species of bee with a "big protrusion on its face".

www.abc.net.au

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

F*cking Microsoft word and it's f*cking page breaks and section breaks and formatting #AcademicChatter #formatting #thesis #phdlife

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

Won the @kingspark_wa #flowers in focus #photography #competition ! They'll be displayed at the long vista for the rest of 2020. #bees #australiannativebees #pollinators #wildflowers #NaturePhotography #OzPollinators #OzInsects #WildBees #pollination #Entomology #westernaustralia

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

Making the old man proud 🥲 #scientistdaughter #thanksdad

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

Me: I wish I could just chill and have no pressures Also me: if I'm not productive I hate myself #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #perfectionism #Mentalhealth

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

I'm creating a #global #database of #bee body sizes - if you have data on the intertegular span of any species please contribute! #WildBees #Entomology #EntomologyTwitter #bees #biodiversity #pollinators Email kitprendergast21 @gmail .com to contribute Authorship offered

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

Me: I have 187 citations and almost 30 publications and won a @ForrestResearch scholarship Employers: meh Me: I can #dressup as a #bee Employers: LOVE IT #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #jobseeker

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

2 years after my #PhD , and I've got a #Hindex of 9, published ~40 articles, won a Federal grant, been cited 520 times, described a #new pecies of bee and yet...I'm essentially unemployed next year, can't get any funding for native bee research, and can't find any postdocs 1/

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

My chapter “Assessing climate change impacts on pollinators” has been published in the newly released book “Promoting pollination and pollinators in farming” 🐝 @bdspublishing #bees #pollinators #climatechange #savethebees

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

1 year

#unpopularopinion : there's too much investment into #citizenscience which collects poor quality data, and no investment into targeted #biodiversity surveys and #taxonomy . What's the point of unstandardised data with no species-level reliable identifications #Entomology #Ecology

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

You may call me DR KIT now! <3 <3 #PhinisheD #Doctor #PhD #PhDone #BeeBabette #bees #SaveTheBees #OzPollinators @thephdstory @PhDVoice Thank you to everyone who helped me on this journey! @JeffOllerton @Acanthoplus @CurtinEandA @ForrestResearch

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

Got the #official piece of paper! #AcademicChatter @PhDVoice #PhDone #Dr #BeeBabette @CurtinEandA #savethebees

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

5 years

"The #Bee Is Declared The Most #Important Living Being On The #Planet " Actually #no . I actually think this is a terrible piece of science communication. Firstly, what is "the bee"? There are 20,000 or so species of bees in the world.

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

I've submitted my #thesis ! :O #phd #thesis #submitted #bees #beebaette #zephyrthemaremma #supportivedoggo #magnumopus #exams #academia

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

Stoked to say I #passed my #PhD #thesis 😁 one step closer to being #Dr Kit 🤓 THANKU to my supervisors, coauthors, friends, family, & examiners, & of course @zephyr_the_maremma 💓Curtin_CUBE @CurtinEandA @JeffOllerton #bees @Acanthoplus @myles_menz @kingsleydixon1 @thephdstory

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

What do ecologist's do during lockdown? We keep on sciencing, and produce a massive #international dataset on systematic monitoring of pollinators we recorded in our backyards during the lockdowns =D #ecologists #entomologistlyfe #science @JeffOllerton @TheBeesearcher

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

ECR are EXPECTED to move countries numerous times before tenure. It's bad for #ClimateChange . It's bad for #relationships . It's impossible if you want to have a life, a family, pets or children. I hope that #covid19 will make ppl realise it's not needed. #AcademicChatter

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

5 months

I'm super excited to be starting a #postdoc at @unisqaus on #canola #pollination ! My 1st task - fine 8 field sites each in #westernaustralia , #southaustralia , & #newsouthwales . If you know any canola #farmers please get in touch! @theGRDC @GRDCSouth @DAFFgov @DPIRDbroadacre

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

My grant application w @AustralianBee & RacheleWilson to help cavity-nesting #bees recover after Australia’s devastating 2020 #bushfires was successful! There is a #CitizenScience component w #beehotels . near a #bushfire area? email kitprendergast21 @gmail .com @ABCscience

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

My 1st #PhD #thesis chapter #published in @ESAEcosphere just in time for #WorldBeeDay ! "The relative performance of sampling methods for native bees: an empirical test and review of the literature" #bees #pollinators #methods #science #WomenInSTEM

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

Megachile aurifrons, female, in a home-made #beehotel . To learn about the proper designs for bee hotels, the #biology of the #species that use them, and other ways to conserve #bees , refer to Creating a Haven for Native Bees. Email kitprendergast21 @gmail .com #AustraliaNativeBees

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

10 months

So much fomo being unable to afford to go to the @Aust_Ent_Soc #entsoc23 so to compensate I went to @qldmuseum InsectAgency exhibition. Such a beautiful display of insect biodiversity, thank you QLD museum for making this available for free to the public. 1/

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

Jumping on the bandwagon with our Aussie bees #BeeBabette #OzPollinators #ICanBe #GraceKelly

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

1 year

#thestuggleisreal important eg of why just grouping bees as “medium black bees” (some papers do 😒) is terrible practice . Read more about poor practices in #bee research & what we can do to prevent this in my paper #taxonomy #entomology

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

Five years in the making, and my #HotTopic paper on #honeybee #competition on #wildbees is #published ! =D @Acanthoplus @kingsleydixon1 #pollinators #Ecology #Entomology #science #honeybees #IntroducedSpecies #SavetheBees #AustralianNativeBees #bees @P_Pollinators (pm for a copy)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

@BiolJLinnSoc

3 years

New article: Interactions between the introduced European honey bee and native bees in urban areas varies by year, habitat type and native bee guild

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

Hi @abcnews , why did you not include my title (Dr), but used a title only for a male beekeeper who doesn’t have a doctorate in #bee #ecology ? #genderbias #womeninSTEM

Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

European honey bees putting native species at risk, researchers say, but industry begs to differ

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

#cutecouple at @curtinuniversity 😍 #bobtails #cute #WildOz #UrbanEcology #tiliqua #HERper #lovers #reptiles @Acanthoplus

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

Excited for my #ECN2020 @EntCollNet #conference presentation 'Tales of the Field' where I'll be narrating a tale of #AustralianNativeBees in #Australia , about none other than Amegilla dawsoni of @BBC #DavidAttenborough fame! #Entomology #scicomm #EntomologyTwitter #beebabette

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

1 year

Hey Beeple, I've started a donation link to fund my #bee #research , more in my pinned post on my fb page 'The Buzz on Wild Bees' #ECR #funding #savethebees

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

Comparison of microscopy and metabarcoding to identify pollen used by the critically endangered rusty patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis

Comparison of microscopy and metabarcoding to identify pollen used by the critically endangered...

We used DNA metabarcoding and light microscopy to analyse pollen collected by the endangered rusty patched bumble bee species, Bombus affinis Cresson, applied to museum-archived specimens. DNA...

resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

1 year

Does #flower origin matter for #bees ? How do #honeybees affect native bee niche breadth? What are the best #flowers for bees in SW #westernaustralia ? Find out in my new pub here : @CSIROPublishing @CSIRO

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

Got the #PhD #graduation photo! @CurtinUni @PhDVoice #PhDone #DrBeeBabette #framed

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

someone wrote a Wikipedia page on me . Mind blown 🤯🤩 it’s even referenced . And mentions Zephyr and my tattoo 😍 Thank you however did that . I feel a little bit spesh #grateful #Wikip édia #bees #womeninSTEM

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

Honoured to have been awarded the @CurtinUni #research & #engagement #award 😍🤩 #AustralianNativeBees #WomenInScience #bees #conservation #ecology #science #entomology #AcademicTwitter #PhD

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

Queensland native bee specimens collected by @nicrosemo on the @natgeo @thebuzzbus expedition. Are you doing a native bee project & need specimens identified by a #taxonomist ? dm me ! #beebabette #taxonomy #entomology #buzz #pollinators #biodiversity #wildbees #science

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

Woot! #Accepted ! Great way to finish a terrible year. @JeffOllerton #pollinators #pollination #publication #networks #BeesintheBurbs #urbanecology

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

#IamABiologist who studies #WildBees , #conservation , #bee #biodiversity & #honeybee - #nativebee interactions . Biology is life ! (literally and metaphorically) #BeeBabette #BiologyIsLife

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

1 year

I’ve had two #postdoc rejections & rejection of applying for curator of #entomology at QLD museum, 4 papers rejected.., I honestly feel like such a failure . Trying to get a job in #ozpollinators is hard, especially if you’re focused on #conservation of #biodiversity

Diogo Veríssimo diogoverissimo.bsky.social

@verissimodiogo

1 year

Oh let's make this a thing! I had rejections for my last 4 research grant applications and during a period in 2022 and 2023 I had eight straight paper rejections, across half a dozen papers (so a couple rejected twice). Hang in there!

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

5 months

Just want to do a public appreciation for @Acanthoplus . Such a supportive supervisor not only during my #PhD but has remained a great mentor beyond, & also puppysit Shakira while I had a rent inspection, sat through many of my tears, celebrated my wins 🥹 #academicchatter

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

Press release out! =D Full paper "Interactions between the introduced European honey bee and native bees in urban areas varies by year, habitat type and native bee guild" here (pm for a copy): #honeybees #AustralianNativeBees #Entomology #pollinators #bees

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

1 year

I wish there was an #ECR #scholarship or #grant for a salary for 1-2yrs just to finish off writing & publishing the tens of half-finished articles I’ve started from my PhD #research 🥺 @TheStrugglingS4 @AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #phdchat

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

IDing #OzPollinators for @thebuzzbus - have you ever seen anything so beautiful 😍?! #buzz @NatGeo #Xylocopa #jewelsofnature #taxonomy

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

#AustralianNativeBees are #wildlife too! #AustralianWildlifeWeek @EcolSocAus #OzInsects #OzPollinators #australiannativebees #ozpollinators #bees #wildbees #WildOz

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

A global review of determinants of native bee assemblages in urbanised landscapes #bees #UrbanEcology #global #review

Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

#excited to announce that I’ve just my biggest paper I've ever written #published : “A global #review of determinants of native #bee assemblages in urbanised landscapes” in @InsectDiversity #openaccess #ecology @Acanthoplus @ForrestResearch @CurtinEandA

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

Adorable Meliponini discovered with my amazing PhD student @freya_beelady 😍 #BeeBabes #biodiversity #savethebees #sugarbagbees #meliponoini #WildOz

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

5 years

“Keeping hives to save the bees is like keeping chickens to save the birds”~ @JeffOllerton #savethebees #wildbees #honeybees #invasivespecies #conservation

Keeping hives to save bees is like keeping chickens to save birds

To save bees make some space for wildness and let them look after themselves

www.irishtimes.com

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

#excited to announce that I’ve just my biggest paper I've ever written #published : “A global #review of determinants of native #bee assemblages in urbanised landscapes” in @InsectDiversity #openaccess #ecology @Acanthoplus @ForrestResearch @CurtinEandA

A global review of determinants of native bee assemblages in urbanised landscapes

Reviewing 215 studies, factors associated with urban landscapes, including changes in foraging and nesting resources, contribute to changes in abundance, species richness, and composition of native...

resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

5th time in the last week people who don't know me have assumed I'm a guy based on knowledge of my profession or those who met me have been "I'd never guess you were a #scientist ." Let's dismantle stupid #stereotypes of what scientists should look, act, or dress like. #sexism

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

#memes #loki #BeeBabette #WildBees #honeybees #SavetheBees

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

So stoked to have been awarded the @CurtinUni 2020 #Publication Grant #Scholarship =D Thank you to my supervisors for nominating me <3 Very grateful! Stay tuned for our upcoming paper! @KingsleyDixon @Acanthoplus @Curtin_CUBE #OzPollinators

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

1 year

Wild bee surveys across 60 years reveal remarkable reduction of bee abundance in urban green areas in northern Japan - Nagamitsu - Ecological Research - Wiley Online Library

Wild bee surveys across 60 years reveal remarkable reduction of bee abundance in urban green areas...

The total bee abundance collected from annual surveys consisting of standardized weekly censuses demonstrated 50% and 41% declines at the two sites from 1959–1989 to 2018–2019. Among 16 genera found...

esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

Made my day 🥹 I fricking love being able to share my science with the Beeple, and kids are the best 🥰 If you’d like a copy of my book Creating a Haven for Native Bees, dm me 🥳 #savethebees #bees #gardens #flowers #wildbees #beehotels #mademyday #hopeforthefuture #beehotels

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

#how does #urbanisation impact #bees ? What are the #knowledgegaps ? Our #global review provides an overview of #wildbees in #cities , what we can do to #conserve them, and what still needs to be investigated. @InsectDiversity

A global review of determinants of native bee assemblages in urbanised landscapes

Reviewing 215 studies, factors associated with urban landscapes, including changes in foraging and nesting resources, contribute to changes in abundance, species richness, and composition of native...

resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

Thyreus waroonensis A gorgeous black & blue polka dot bee that parasitises the nests of Amegilla To learn how to ID #AustralianNativeBees check out my guide A Crash Course in Native Bee Taxonomy; email me at kitprendergast21 @gmail .com

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

5 years

#Australia has some of the tiniest #bees in the world. Euryglossinae is the most species-rich subfamily and almost all ~800 #species occur only in Aus. Those white things - that's my sweepnet - you can see just how TINY this little fella is! #ozpollinators #wildbees #nativebees

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

New #publication out! Chapter of my #PhD thesis in Biological Conservation 'Urban native vegetation remnants support more diverse native #bee communities than residential #gardens in Australia's southwest #biodiversity hotspot' #UrbanEcology #WildBees #Conservation (link below)

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

Biggest Megachile #bee in #Australia , Megachile monstrosa . To learn how to ID #ozpollinators refer to my #taxonomy guide ; email me at kitprendergast21 @gmail .com for a copy #wildoz #biodiversity #entomology (Pinky for scale )

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

1 year

Be wary of species records on @atlaslivingaust when they are from @inaturalist - SO many incorrect #Australian #bee identifications. Crowd consensus does not equal taxonomic verification. We should be investing in #taxonomy @australtaxonomy

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

Why do #scientists publish statements that are just not true i.e. 'A substantial honeybee decline is being observed worldwide'. Fact: #honeybee numbers are increasing globally. #ScienceFact #ScienceFallacy @JeffOllerton

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

Latest article out for BirdKeeper in my column “About Birds”, this one all about bird brains - their structure, evolution and how this comparatively small brain results in cognitive abilities rivalling big brained apes 🧠 #birds #birdbrain #scicomm #aves #intelligence

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

First paper accepted for 2022 🥳 #AcademicTwitter #bees #wildbees #honeybees

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

Had an editor reprimand me for politely requesting a small fee for reviewing articles, esp since as an ECR without a salary, I can't volunteer spending hrs weekly reviewing. They then thought I was lying when I said I had no paid position at a uni #AcademicChatter

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

How To Accurately Monitor Native Bee Populations

When I started planning my studies, I realized there was no consensus about which method was best to accurately and comprehensively survey wild bee communities.,

agrilinks.org

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

“Sir” 😒

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

1 year

now is the perfect time to start planting flowers and creating bee hotels in prep for spring ! You can learn about optimal bee hotel design and the best flowers for bees, based on published research , in my book Creating a Haven for Native Bees; email kitprendergast21 @gmail .com

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

Had an interview for a podcast today & almost cried when I was saying how hard I've tried & #failed to get #funding to study the impacts of #wildfires on #AustraliaNativeBees #sad #AcademicChatter #extinction #savethebees

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

1 year

Research shows bees including honeybees prefer native plants via @Yanchep News Online

Research shows bees including honeybees prefer native plants - Yanchep News Online

BOTH native bees and honeybees prefer native plants with research showing how important native flowers are in supporting native bee and even honeybee populations in urban areas. Curtin University...

www.yanchepnewsonline.com.au

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

I found a muppet 😮 a monster of a fly ! Pretty sure it HAS to be a contender for Australia’s biggest fly. About as big as my thumb !(I have small thumbs but still large for a fly) #BeeBabette #WildLyfe #Diptera #Entomology #PrettyFly #asilidae #WildOz #Straya

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

Climbing the mountain .... #AcademicTwitter #EarlyCareerResearcher #AcademicChatter #phdchat

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

@MikeKaspari You can put mesh to try and deter the birds - for more tips on making a safe & effective #beehotel refer to my book Creating a Haven for Native Bees; email me at kitprendergast21 @gmail .com for a copy

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

See this #bee ? 🧐 we have tiny #bees in #Australia ! #AustralianNativeBees #BeeBabette #taxonomy #entomology #AustralianNativeBees #scientistswhoselfie

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

Late to the party here, but apparently it was #InsectButtWeek (the internet is a weird and wonderful place). As someone who looks at insect butts a lot ( #ForScience ) I feel like I have a #professionalopinion : the #bee Nomia rubroviridis.

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

My frog prince 🤴 🐸 😘 #turtlefrog #myobatrachusgouldii #frog #frogprince #happilyeverafter #kiss #wildoz #zoologistlyfe #amphibians #cute #cutebutugly

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

5 years

#Megachile aurifrons at my #beehotel at my shitty rental in #suburbia - despite having a terrible garden, we are so fortunate in #westernaustralia in that #Perth is a #biodiversity #hotspot with many #remnant #nativevegetation that still supports #ozpollinators . #beesintheburbs

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

Final #thesis deposited! @CurtinEandA @Acanthoplus #bees #PhDchat @thephdstory @CouragePhD #SavetheBees #PhDone #dogsoftwitter #dogsofacademia #AlmostDr

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

1 year

On my way to @pintofscienceAU at @NewsteadBrewing . Still time to get tix at the door! #scicomm #womeninstem #PintOfScience #pintofscienceau #bees

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

Just released ! A #photographic #poster of the #nativebees of the #southwest #westernaustralia #biodiversity hotspot - all species you are likely to encounter based on 100s of hours of survey work. Email kitprendergast21 @gmail .com to order yours #poster #bees #ozpollinators

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

Native bees under threat from growing urbanization via @physorg_com @JeffOllerton @rominatwi @TanyaLatty

Native bees under threat from growing urbanization

Residential gardens are a poor substitute for native bushland and increasing urbanization is a growing threat when it comes to bees, Curtin University research has found.

phys.org

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

3 years

Check out that #pollen ! The bright #orange of #AustralianNative #Fabaceae . This is a female Trichocolletes #AustralianNativeBee and this genus specialises on Fabaceae #OzPollinators #biodiversity #oligolectic #specialist #Entomology #BeeBabette

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

#honeybees are NOT in danger. Their success threatens #wildbees . Learn more on my YouTube channel The Bee Babette, or in my review

Api:Cultural

@apiculturalLdn

2 years

New paper in the journal @SpringerNature shows 85% increase in managed honey bee colonies globally since the 1960s. Some regional declines but overall increases in hives and hive products output. Honey bees are not in danger. Don’t fall for the #beewash

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

2 years

Looking for a last minute Christmas gift ? Give the online ebook of Creating a Haven for Native Bees, delivered straight to their inbox on Xmas Day 🎄 everything you need to know about #bees , #beehotels , #flowers for bees +. Email me at kitprendergast21 @gmail .com to order

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

10 months

This is not ok . Calling scientists “terrorists” who have no agenda (and don’t even get any money out of this) , whose aim is to educate and inform what the research has found and develop solutions to literally prevent native bee extinctions is just so bigoted and callous .

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

5 years

I won the @CurtinUni #VisualiseYourThesis #competition ! I'm now representing #curtinuni in the 2019 #International Visualise Your Thesis Competition =D #VYT #phd #thesis #art #artscience #scienceart #bees #honeybees #ozpollinators #beebabette #beesintheburbs

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

5 months

Fantastic #fungi & where to find them (10mins drive from where I live currently in Caboolture)

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

11 months

Thanks everyone for the support of my #newspecies #discovery @pensoft @altmetric

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

1 year

My #PhD thesis is now open access! You can now read all 446 pgs +supp info 😅 but all the chapters are now published articles so I recommend just the acknowledgments, abstract, intro & conclusion . @Acanthoplus @myles_menz @CurtinEandA @invertsau @Aust_Ent_Soc @AustralianBee

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

5 months

I’m so honoured to be an author on this paper with such a fab team and the best graphic abstract everrr

Systematic Entomology

@Systematic_Ent

5 months

New #Opinion piece now available! Five good reasons not to dismiss scientific binomial #nomenclature in #conservation , #EnvironmentalEducation and #CitizenScience : A case study with #bees #Taxonomy #Hymenoptera #Pokemon @WileyEcolEvol

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

#sexism : a friend got banned from the facebook group WA Insects for tagging me in posts with #bees to ID as the admin decided he was doing it just cos he had a crush on me. THIS is what being a #womeninSTEM is like -your #expertise gets questioned & you don't get taken seriously

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

4 years

A paper that was a chapter of my thesis I wrote with @JeffOllerton has now been published in @UrbanEcosystems ! #pollinators #pollinators #savethebees #sustainability #conservation #urbanisation #wildbees #networks #thesis #science #PollinationNetworks

Plant-pollinator networks in Australian urban bushland remnants are not structurally equivalent to...

Urban Ecosystems - Urbanisation is a prominent and increasing form of land-use change, with the potential to disrupt the interactions between pollinators such as bees and the flowering plants that...

link.springer.com

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Dr Kit Prendergast

@BeeBabette

1 year

One of the young girls I coach gymnastics to told me today that she wanted to be a bee scientist when she grows up and I couldn’t have been happier 🥰 🐝 #womeninSTEAM #womeninSTEM #rolemodel #coach #bees #gymnastics

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