Sex, Drugs and Ecosystem Services with Prof Phil Stevenson
Phil Stevenson, Head of Trait Diversity and Function at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, will present examples of his work, including on nectar caffeine and its memory enhancing effects for bees, the medicinal properties of Ling heather and sainfoin nectar for bumble bees, how rhododendron toxins help filter out the preferred flower visitors, why we should rein in beekeeping bees in big cities and will even propose an explanation about why we find dead bees under lime trees in the summer.
Time: 19:00 GMT
