PROJECT
city cavity-nesters
community science-driven research on solitary bees & wasps in Toronto and Ottawa, Ontario
Cities can be hot places compared to surrounding rural and natural areas. Think of the paved roads, parking lots, and concrete buildings radiating heat out onto your face on a hot summer day! At the same time, many cities are home to hundreds of bee and wasps species.
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How does living in a hot urban environment affect the bees and wasps of our cities?
We are a team of community scientists and researchers from the University of Ottawa and Environment & Climate Change Canada exploring this question in the cities of Toronto and Ottawa, Ontario. We are monitoring the activity of cavity-nesting bees and wasps, recording temperatures and learning together as we go!
This multi-year study is led by student researcher Lydia Wong from the University of Ottawa, and supervised by Dr. Jessica Forrest (UOttawa) and Dr. Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
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