Episode 59: Roadside Pollination

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that better-managed road verges can help boost the effectiveness and conservation of pollinating insects.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/1393/roadside-pollination/'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000632072030745X?via%3Dihub#!'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read ‘The Mower’ by Philip Larkin <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48423/the-mower-56d229a740294'>here</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:</p> <p>Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a> </p>