Professor Jane Stout talks about her love for ants and solitary bees and her role in setting up the All Ireland Pollinator Plan.
Jane is a professor in Botany in the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin. She leads the Plant-Animal Interactions research group and is Ireland’s leading expert on bees and pollination ecology. She is co-founder of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan, and deputy chair of its Steering Group, as well as co-founder and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Irish Forum on Natural Capital.

Check out the All Ireland Pollinator Plan here:
https://pollinators.ie

Check out the Irish Forum on Natural Capital here:
https://www.naturalcapitalireland.com

Recommended books:
Richard Dawkins – The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins – The Blind Watchmaker
Zoe Devlin – The Wildflowers of Ireland
Steven Falk – Bees of Britain and Ireland
Bryan Danforth et al – The Solitary Bees
Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson – Extraordinary Insects

Email me at:
mary@burrennaturesanctuary.ie

Check out the Burren Nature Sanctuary at:
www.burrennaturesanctuary.ie