Phil Stevenson
@philstevenson.bsky.social
Prof in plant sciences | Kew.org | NRI.org | pollinators | sustainable food | chemical ecology | ecological pest management | guitarist | @sheducationband | evidence based views | FRES | FRSC |
https://www.kew.org/science/our-science/people/phil-stevenson
https://www.kew.org/science/our-science/people/phil-stevenson
Irvine Welsh at #wimbledonbookfestival talking about his new book book Men In Love. And even got to meet the man himself in the pub afterwards.
October 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Irvine Welsh at #wimbledonbookfestival talking about his new book book Men In Love. And even got to meet the man himself in the pub afterwards.
Autumn here in force @rbgkew.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Autumn here in force @rbgkew.bsky.social
It’s autumn in the bonsai house @rbgkew.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It’s autumn in the bonsai house @rbgkew.bsky.social
Congratulations to our PhD student Dr Cedric Maforimbo on successfully passing his PhD viva today. Thx especially to @evoeco.bsky.social who was the external & to Steve Belmain the UoG examiner & @sejarnold.bsky.social who was my co-supervisor along with #steveharte. We are all really proud of you!
October 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Congratulations to our PhD student Dr Cedric Maforimbo on successfully passing his PhD viva today. Thx especially to @evoeco.bsky.social who was the external & to Steve Belmain the UoG examiner & @sejarnold.bsky.social who was my co-supervisor along with #steveharte. We are all really proud of you!
Debunking takes hours - misinformation takes seconds - think before you share.
October 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Debunking takes hours - misinformation takes seconds - think before you share.
Your next visit to Kew is overdue. #autumnleaves @rbgkew.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Your next visit to Kew is overdue. #autumnleaves @rbgkew.bsky.social
Delightful evening in the temperate house yesterday for the opening night of a Material World @rbgkew.bsky.social a new installation on the use of plant and fungi in clothing and fashion.
September 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Delightful evening in the temperate house yesterday for the opening night of a Material World @rbgkew.bsky.social a new installation on the use of plant and fungi in clothing and fashion.
Lovely surprise walking home from a dinner in Wimbledon last night to stumble upon this beauty chewing on a banana skin. #hedgehog #londonwildlife
September 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Lovely surprise walking home from a dinner in Wimbledon last night to stumble upon this beauty chewing on a banana skin. #hedgehog #londonwildlife
Lucky sighting of Mediterranean
common Stingray - Dasyatis pastinaca.
Off La Pitrizza beach Commune di Arzachena Sardinia. Taken with a leaking and temperamental Go Pro 5 that still
somehow works.
common Stingray - Dasyatis pastinaca.
Off La Pitrizza beach Commune di Arzachena Sardinia. Taken with a leaking and temperamental Go Pro 5 that still
somehow works.
September 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Lucky sighting of Mediterranean
common Stingray - Dasyatis pastinaca.
Off La Pitrizza beach Commune di Arzachena Sardinia. Taken with a leaking and temperamental Go Pro 5 that still
somehow works.
common Stingray - Dasyatis pastinaca.
Off La Pitrizza beach Commune di Arzachena Sardinia. Taken with a leaking and temperamental Go Pro 5 that still
somehow works.
I never tire of snorkelling with these gorgeous ornate wrasse - Isola di Budelli, Sardinia.
September 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I never tire of snorkelling with these gorgeous ornate wrasse - Isola di Budelli, Sardinia.
Enjoying watching these Four-striped Digger Bees
(Amegilla quadrifasciata) feasting on Lantana camara - northern Sardinia Commune di Arzachena.
(Amegilla quadrifasciata) feasting on Lantana camara - northern Sardinia Commune di Arzachena.
September 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Enjoying watching these Four-striped Digger Bees
(Amegilla quadrifasciata) feasting on Lantana camara - northern Sardinia Commune di Arzachena.
(Amegilla quadrifasciata) feasting on Lantana camara - northern Sardinia Commune di Arzachena.
The study focus is commercial beekeepers who use food supplements for their bees (natural habitats can’t provide enough food at this scale & you can’t use potted plants 😂). The study shows that adding essential pollen sterols to these supplements increases capped brood & reduces colony collapse.
August 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The study focus is commercial beekeepers who use food supplements for their bees (natural habitats can’t provide enough food at this scale & you can’t use potted plants 😂). The study shows that adding essential pollen sterols to these supplements increases capped brood & reduces colony collapse.
Is this your video? Have you actually been. It doesn’t look like the Khunjerab pass to me. I went over in mid 90s this looks like the Karakoram Highway up to the pass. But way down. Maybe Baltic or Dasau. This is the pass. Pic courtesy of tribune.com.pk/story/251363...
August 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Is this your video? Have you actually been. It doesn’t look like the Khunjerab pass to me. I went over in mid 90s this looks like the Karakoram Highway up to the pass. But way down. Maybe Baltic or Dasau. This is the pass. Pic courtesy of tribune.com.pk/story/251363...
Didn’t get up Ben Nevis (60 mph winds at top) but this was my consolation on way home. Don’t worry there were plenty and we didn’t take many.
August 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Didn’t get up Ben Nevis (60 mph winds at top) but this was my consolation on way home. Don’t worry there were plenty and we didn’t take many.
Male and female chalk hill blue (Lysandra coridon) getting it on. Volume to hear how ferocious they are.
August 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Male and female chalk hill blue (Lysandra coridon) getting it on. Volume to hear how ferocious they are.
We were delighted to welcome Prof @evoswami.bsky.social the new chief scientist at Defra to @rbgkew.bsky.social yesterday to introduce her to our science program and wider mission addressing climate change and biodiversity loss.
July 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We were delighted to welcome Prof @evoswami.bsky.social the new chief scientist at Defra to @rbgkew.bsky.social yesterday to introduce her to our science program and wider mission addressing climate change and biodiversity loss.
Getting lots of Jersey tigers (Euplagia quadripunctaria) visiting Wimbledon this summer. Are these now established residents in London?
July 20, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Getting lots of Jersey tigers (Euplagia quadripunctaria) visiting Wimbledon this summer. Are these now established residents in London?
Today we welcomed @marycreagh.bsky.social to @rbgkew.bsky.social to celebrate Defra's #beesneedsweek2025 sharing fascinating info & research about bees & other pollinators with garden visitors along with our partners on the day @ukceh.bsky.social & Uni of Reading. www.kew.org/kew-gardens/... 🐝🐝🐝
July 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today we welcomed @marycreagh.bsky.social to @rbgkew.bsky.social to celebrate Defra's #beesneedsweek2025 sharing fascinating info & research about bees & other pollinators with garden visitors along with our partners on the day @ukceh.bsky.social & Uni of Reading. www.kew.org/kew-gardens/... 🐝🐝🐝
Energy from oil is costing the Earth -literally, unreliable, volatile and at the whim of belligerent world leaders. Energy from renewables isn’t.
June 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Energy from oil is costing the Earth -literally, unreliable, volatile and at the whim of belligerent world leaders. Energy from renewables isn’t.
Convovula cneorun (Silver bush) Growing at Kew with what looks like a swollen thighed beetle (Oedemera nobilis) nestling in the flower.
June 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Convovula cneorun (Silver bush) Growing at Kew with what looks like a swollen thighed beetle (Oedemera nobilis) nestling in the flower.
Happy World Bee Day. To celebrate bees here’s a grainy video of Anthophora plumipes (hairy footed flower bee) feeding on a Pulmonaria in my garden - note the proboscis cleaning behaviour. Cute! #worldbeeday
May 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Happy World Bee Day. To celebrate bees here’s a grainy video of Anthophora plumipes (hairy footed flower bee) feeding on a Pulmonaria in my garden - note the proboscis cleaning behaviour. Cute! #worldbeeday
Thrilled to see our #NERC field experiment @rhulbiology.bsky.social w/ @markjfbrown.bsky.social using multiple colonies raised & placed by our excellent PDRA @cminnaar.bsky.social feeding nectar compounds for bee health provided by our other excellent PDRA @xuan-feng.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Thrilled to see our #NERC field experiment @rhulbiology.bsky.social w/ @markjfbrown.bsky.social using multiple colonies raised & placed by our excellent PDRA @cminnaar.bsky.social feeding nectar compounds for bee health provided by our other excellent PDRA @xuan-feng.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social
Thrilled to be on the panel at #CGIARscienceweek Environment & Biodiversity side event discussing @kewgardens.bsky.social work on agro biodiversity conservation led by @jamesborrell.bsky.social and #sophiejago full session available here url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/0nelCNYROf... w/ Cargele Masso
April 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Thrilled to be on the panel at #CGIARscienceweek Environment & Biodiversity side event discussing @kewgardens.bsky.social work on agro biodiversity conservation led by @jamesborrell.bsky.social and #sophiejago full session available here url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/0nelCNYROf... w/ Cargele Masso
A lovely walk in the woods of Haslemere this week & a smelly encounter with yellow skunk cabbage Lysichiton americanus - neither a skunk nor cabbage but a very malodorous Araceae - with lots of pollinating flies about too. A Pacific Northwest spp now classified as invasive in the EU.
March 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
A lovely walk in the woods of Haslemere this week & a smelly encounter with yellow skunk cabbage Lysichiton americanus - neither a skunk nor cabbage but a very malodorous Araceae - with lots of pollinating flies about too. A Pacific Northwest spp now classified as invasive in the EU.
