Amy-Marie Gilpin

Mar 5, 2024 | mdpi.com | Ian Wright |Amy-Marie Gilpin

1. IntroductionIn rural and regional Australia, many communities are not provided with clean and safe drinking water supplied by water authorities through reticulated town water systems. Instead, they rely on their own on-site water supply which predominantly harvests rainwater from roofs, stored in water tanks for household potable water supply [1].

Mar 2, 2024 | phys.org | James Dorey |Amy-Marie Gilpin |Olivia Davies

After a decade searching for new species of bees in forests of the Pacific Islands, all we had to do was look up. We soon found eight new species of masked bees in the forest canopy: six in Fiji, one in French Polynesia and another in Micronesia. Now we expect to find many more.

Feb 26, 2024 | theconversation.com | James Dorey |Amy-Marie Gilpin |Olivia Davies

After a decade searching for new species of bees in forests of the Pacific Islands, all we had to do was look up. We soon found eight new species of masked bees in the forest canopy: six in Fiji, one in French Polynesia and another in Micronesia. Now we expect to find many more. Forest-dwelling bees evolved for thousands of years alongside native plants, and play unique and important roles in nature. Studying these species can help us better understand bee evolution, diversity and conservation.

Jul 28, 2023 | dailybulletin.com.au | Western Sydney |Amy-Marie Gilpin

Australia’s national parks, botanic gardens, wild places and green spaces are swarming with an invasive pest that is largely flying under the radar. This is yet another form of livestock, escaped from captivity and left to roam free. Contrary to popular opinion, in Australia, feral colonies of the invasive European honeybee (Apis mellifera) are not “wild”, threatened with extinction or “good” for the Australian environment.

Jul 25, 2023 | thetimes.com.au | Amy-Marie Gilpin |Western Sydney

Australia’s national parks, botanic gardens, wild places and green spaces are swarming with an invasive pest that is largely flying under the radar. This is yet another form of livestock, escaped from captivity and left to roam free. Contrary to popular opinion, in Australia, feral colonies of the invasive European honeybee (Apis mellifera) are not “wild[1]”, threatened with extinction[2] or “good” for the Australian environment.