Media
The Bees' Needs
TVO The AgendaTelevision
URL: http://tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/the-bees-needs
The past few years have seen Ontario honey bees dying off at an alarming rate, with a number of factors likely contributing to the problem. The province of Ontario recently curbed the use of neonicotinoid, a powerful pesticide linked with bee health. The Agenda looks at that move, along with other work being done to safeguard nature's pollinators.
To bee or not to bee: Endangered species vanishing without explanation
Postmedia NewsPrint
URL: http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Endangered+species+vanishing+without+explanation/7114265/story.html
ORONTO – Sheila Colla wades into the pye weeds, her net swooping over the pink flowers. “This is bumble bee heaven,” she says, as she catches a bee and nudges it from the net into a small plastic vial for inspection. It’s a lemon cuckoo bumble bee, one of the strange cast of characters in the bee world. The cuckoo bee invades colonies, usurps the queen and enslaves her workers. There is no sign, however, of the rusty-patched bumble bee that Colla has been searching for all summer. It used to be one of the most common bees in southern Ontario and Quebec but is now one of the rarest....
Fight of the bumble bee
The WalrusPrint
URL: https://thewalrus.ca/fight-of-the-bumblebee/
Honeybee colonies are collapsing around the world, putting food production in danger. We may need Canada’s indigenous pollinators to save the day
How the Bees You Know are Killing the Bees You Don’t
Inside ScienceOnline
URL: https://www.insidescience.org/news/how-bees-you-know-are-killing-bees-you-don%E2%80%99t
Commercially managed bumblebees and honey bees may be contributing to wild pollinator decline.
The Bumble Bees of North America: An Identification Guide
Published by Princeton University Press
A landmark publication, Bumble Bees of North America sets the standard for guides and the study of these important insects. The best guide yet to the 46 recognized bumble bee species in North America north of Mexico. Up-to-date taxonomy includes previously unpublished results. Detailed distribution maps.
Biography
Dr. Sheila Colla is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her research deals with the conservation of at-risk species including native pollinators and wildflowers. She also works with NGOs and policymakers to advise conservation management across North America. In 2014, she launched a North American Citizen Science project, BumbleBeeWatch.org, with various partners. This allows the public to help build a long-term database of bumblebees which can be used to look at changes in abundance and distribution over time in light of global change.
Recognition/Reconnaissance
The Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships-Doctoral Program (CGS D) | Professional
The Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships-Doctoral Program provide financial support to high calibre scholars who are engaged in a doctoral program in the natural sciences or engineering. The CGS D will be offered to the top-ranked applicants and the next tier of meritorious applicants will be offered a PGS D. This support allows these scholars to fully concentrate on their studies and seek out the best research
Liber Ero Fellow | Professional
This fellowship seeks to support early-career scientists to conduct and communicate world-class research that informs conservation and management issues relevant to Canada. Conservation science includes natural, social, and interdisciplinary research pursuits.