Bees and the future of food production, with Jake Moscrop

Today, our new host Georgia and seasoned host Ruby spoke to PhD student Jake Moscrop about bees, pollinators and their impact on food security. Jake is a PhD student in Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Having grown up on his family farm, he is now interested in how agriculture and conservation can work together to make our food production more efficient without costing the environment. Before starting his PhD, he worked at the National Botanic Gardens in Wales researching the foraging habits of bees in order to aid rainforest conservation in Borneo. His PhD project at the University of Cambridge aims to explore which floral characteristics bees find attractive. Knowing this will help increase the pollination and yield of specific plant species. You can find out more about Jake and his research by viewing these very informative YouTube clips about his research: The BlueSci Podcast is run by the Cambridge University Science Magazine. This episode was hosted by Ruby Coates and Georgia Nixon and sponsored by Greiner Bio-One and Nature Careers. Visit to access our free magazine, and find out how to get involved. If you enjoyed this episode, please

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Bees and the future of food production, with Jake Moscrop is an episode from BlueSci Podcast by Cambridge Uni Science Magazine.

This episode is 00:33:24 long.

This episode was published on Feb 7, 2022.

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