Upskilling community leaders for

Australian Pollinator WeekThe Wild Pollinator Count

Australian Pollinator Week

Why should we celebrate it and how can we get involved?

www.beesbusiness.com.au go to the Australian Pollinator Week tab

Stigmatic surface

Pollen grains on anther

What is pollination?

Male gametes

What are pollinators?

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Louise Docker

What is Pollinator Week?

#OzPollinatorWeek

Wikipedia

Why should we participate?

What can we do?

Kurrajong-a-Buzz 2017

Wild Pollinator Count• Independent, non-profit scientific research project• Embraces citizen science• Encourages community engagement• Only Australian national database of insect pollinator diversity and

abundance

https://wildpollinatorcount.com/

#ozpollinators

Meet Rita the Reed bee

Tobias Smith

Flattened abdomen

Pollen on hind legs

Australian Pollinator Week

Australian Pollinator Week

This project was sponsored by Bees Business, Syngenta Australia and Western Sydney University and is an extension of the Bee Aware of Your Native Bees project