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Diversity really is the bee’s knees
Backyard beekeeping seems like a solution amidst threats to pollinators, but is our emphasis on one type of bee making things worse?
[Karyn Ho | Research2Reality]

Travel back to the Carboniferous
What would forests have looked like in the time of dinosaurs?
[Hai Lin Wang | Land Lines]

Listen: Bugs 101
Podcast interview with Maya Evenden, a University of Alberta Professor who is offering a free, 12-module online course on the biology, diversity, and ecology of insects and their roles in human society.
[Dan Hill | Genome Alberta Blog]

Miscellany

It's summer! Here are 10 ways to get out there and enjoy nature!

Did you know that July is Cord Blood Awareness Month?

In the mid-1700s, sailors overwintering near Churchill, Manitoba carved their names into some nearby quarzite. The engravings are still there.

L’encyclopédie et le classement du savoir

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Pitch and Polish
Science Borealis recently finished working with five students at Simon Fraser University through our Pitch and Polish program. Our experienced editors helped them polish their articles about science in British Columbia. This suite of posts will run on the Borealis Blog in September. Stay tuned!

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