Session and Poster Presentation Awards
Thank you to our sponsors and participants for the generous prizes for the session and poster presentation awards, prizes included:
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The Rose’s Kiss – A Natural History of Flowers – Peter Bernhardt |
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Wily Violets and Underground Orchids – Revelations of a Botanist - Peter Bernhardt |
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Darwin’s Orchids – Then & Now – Edited by Peter Bernhardt and Retha Edens-Meier includes contributions from various authors including Steven Johnson |
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2 x Promoting pollination and pollinators in farming – edited by Peter Kevan and Susan Willis Chan – Published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing |
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2 x Paths of Pollen - Stephen Humphrey |
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Bees of the World – Laurence Packer |
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2 x Hymenoptera: The Natural History & Diversity of Wasps, Bees & Ants – Stephen A. Marshall |
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2 x Pollinators, Predators and Parasites – Clarke Scholt, Jenny Scholtz and Hennie de Klerk |
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Insectepedia: The secret world of Southern African Insects – Erik Holm |
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Artisan Honey from Lyon Raw – Natasha Lyon |
Congratulations to the presenters who won these awards:
| MONDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2023 |
| Floral Advertisements |
| 15:00 – 15:20 |
Pollination Ecotypes: The Key Roles of Flower Color, Morphology and Scent Chemistry in Pollinator Shifts Within Three South African Plant Species
Ruth Cozien |
| Floral Advertisements |
| 16:30 – 16:50 |
When Flowers Bleed to Cheat – Deceptive Pollination Strategies in South African Ceropegia (Apocynaceae)
Annemarie Heiduk |
| TUESDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2023 |
| Climate Change & Land Use Effects on Pollinators |
| 11:50 – 12:10 |
The Buzz About Town: The Effects of Urbanisation on Bee and Wasp Communities in Cape Town, South Africa
Gemma Walker |
| Climate Change & Land Use Effects on Pollinators |
| 15:00 – 15:20 |
Fire Maintains Coexistence of Divergent Flower Forms
Sam McCarren |
| Pollinator Taxonomy |
| 17:00 – 17:30 |
Honey, How the Environment Impacts on the Sensory Properties of Honey
Natasha Lyon |
| WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2023 |
| Crop Pollination |
| 14:20 – 14:40 |
Development of Pollinator-Friendly Flower Mixes to Support Conservation in West African Urban Gardens
Lauren Lynch |
| Crop Pollination |
| 16:00 – 16:20 |
Influence Of the Behavior of Wild Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) And the Presence of Viruses in Coffee Production
Patricia Landaverde |
| THURSDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2023 |
| Non-Apis Pollinators of Crops |
| 11:20 – 11:40 |
Evolutionarily Inspired Solutions to The Crop Pollination Crisis
Timotheüs van der Niet |
| Plant-Pollinator Interactions & Pollination |
| 15:00 – 15:20 |
Southern Afrotemperate Forest Trees Are Pollinated by A Diverse Array of Diurnal and Nocturnal Insects
Rudi Crispin Swart |
| Plant-Pollinator Interactions & Pollination |
| TWO PRESENTERS: |
| 16:30 – 16:50 |
Generalist Pollinators Underlie the Function and Evolution of Heterostyly: Studies Across all Angiosperm Genera and in Linum Species
Violeta I. Simón-Porcar |
| 16:50 – 17:10 |
Evaluation Of Plant-Pollinator Interactions in The Brazilian Cerrado
Kayna Agostini |
| FRIDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2023 |
| Traditional Knowledge and Pollination |
| 11:00 – 11:20 |
Perception Of Farmers on The Relationship Between Wild Vegetation and Insect Pollinators on A Highly
Natalia Escobedo-Kenefic |
| Tools for Studying Pollination and Pollinators |
| 14:30 – 14:50 |
Using Nectar Landscapes to Assess Competition Between Domesticated Honeybees and Wild Insects in South Africa and Scotland
Maisie Brett |
| Poster Presentation Award |
| P07 |
Composition of the Floral Nectar in The Lithospermeae Tribe - Clade C (Boraginaceae) and their Pollinator Guilds
Daniele Calabrese |
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