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Caffeine enhances bee memory
10 May 2013
Caffeine in the nectar of coffee and citrus flowers manipulates the memory of pollinating bees.
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Mapping Coffee in Ethiopia part two
by: Paul Little, GIS team blog08 May 2013
Kew photographer Paul Little has just returned from accompanying a field trip to the Highlands of Ethiopia to research the impact of climate change on the vital coffee crop. Read part two of his diary of the trip.
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Pasqueflower restoration
03 May 2013
Understanding the regeneration and pollination requirements for Anemone pulsatilla in the UK.
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Bringing Kew's Archive Alive
by: The Trading Consequences Team, Library, Art and Archives blog02 May 2013
In this guest blog from the Trading Consequences team, find out how digital data produced by Kew's Directors' Correspondence team is being brought to life and can be used to visualise the British Empire's 19th Century trade networks
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Germination of alpines
22 Mar 2013
Climate change could shift the timing of seed germination in alpine plants
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Celebrating David Livingstone's Bicentenary
by: Lorna Cahill, Library, Art and Archives blog19 Mar 2013
To celebrate the bicentenary of African explorer David Livingstone, the Archives team reveal his connection to Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and how you can see more of his letters online.
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Talk - From maize to mungongo: Kew and food security in the 21st century
Thu 27 June 2013, 7pmSince the advent of intensive agriculture mankind has relied on fewer and fewer plant species for food. Using examples from around the world, this talk examines some key solutions being developed for long term food security.
Discovering David Douglas through the Directors' Correspondence
by: Charlotte Rowley, Library, Art and Archives blog13 Mar 2013
Read extracts from the letters of David Douglas in the Directors' Correspondence, and learn more about this remarkable plant-hunter and explorer.
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Working together to cultivate and protect Ascension's unique plants
by: Marcella Corcoran, UK Overseas Territories team blog08 Mar 2013
Ascension Island, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, is home to seven surviving unique plants, many of them threatened with extinction in the wild. Marcella Corcoran reports on a horticultural training workshop for conservationists on the island.
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Seed collecting in Mediterranean islands
21 Feb 2013
A new initiative aims to ensure the survival of 900 plant species in six Mediterranean islands.
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