Insect pollinator nutritional & behavioral ecology
“For much of the year, except now, if Rachael Bonoan isn’t in a classroom or in her office, there’s a good chance the assistant professor of biology at Providence College is roaming the 150-acre campus searching for bugs. Pollinators to be precise.“ Read about my pollinator research at Providence College and what you can do […]
Read about how my Providence College colleague, James Waters, and I are using community science in our research and teaching in the recent ecoRI news article, ‘Pokémon in Real Life’: How One App Helps Experts and Amateurs Cast Wider Net Into Natural World. Read the article by clicking here.
Post written by Kaitlyn Bresnahan (Providence College ’25) Kaitlyn, a Biology major and a French minor, was awarded a Robert H. Walsh Student Research Fellowship to support her summer research on campus. She wrote this essay for the Fall 2023 issue of Providence College Magazine. The article was originally posted online here. Campus in the […]
Last summer, Kaitlyn Bresnahan (Providence College student who also happens to be a beekeeper!) sampled bees of various castes and ages from her own hives in Cape Cod, MA. During the fall, Kaitlyn ran nutritional analyses for carbon and nitrogen content of each type of bee to see which bees might be more “expensive” to […]
This June, the Bonoan Lab was lucky enough to be invited back to Westerly Land Trust’s Avondale Farm Preserve for our second Pollinator Safari! Learn more about last year’s Pollinator Safari (and the news coverage!) by clicking here. Safari Report & Species List Again, we observed over 20 flower-visiting insects, all within less than a […]
Join us at Westerly Land Trust’s Barlow Nature Center (Westerly, RI) to hear about the research my lab is working on, learn how to identify green bees, taste some honey, and pick up some Pollinator Lab swag! Date: Thursday, November 17Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm The event is open to the public but online […]
This week, ABC6 Meteorologist Kelly Bates visited the Bonoan Lab on campus to talk #leavetheleaves and #savethebees! To learn about why you should opt to leave your leaves, rather than bag them up and dump them in a landfill, watch the video at this link.
Kelly Bates from ABC6 joined us for our recent Pollinator Safari, and covered the safari as part of her Scientifically Speaking segment. If you missed it on the air date, check out the article and watch the video here. Learn more about the Westerly Land Trust and all the events they offer, including farm dinners, […]
Come play pollinator bingo, pick up some pollinator swag, and learn how to observe and identify insect pollinators with the Bonoan Lab! When: Tuesday, August 2, 10:00 am – 11:30 amWhere: Westerly Land Trust’s Avondale Preserve Registration is FREE, but required. Click here for registration and more details on getting to Avondale. UPDATE: Safari Report […]
Check out the video of how Aidan collects and studies bees in trees on Providence College campus!
Providence Pollinator Lab 