UKRI Stories | The beekeeper designing healthier food for bees - 101 Jobs that Change the World (Ep 10) @UKResearchandInnovation | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 18 hours ago.
Meet Rui Gonçalves. He's a research assistant at the Oxford Bee Lab, where a team is investigating the nutritional needs of honeybees and bumblebees. Bee colonies can't usually access enough pollen and nectar over winter to fulfil their nutritional needs. For this reason, commercial beekeepers usually supplement their diets with artificial food in the winter - and Rui and his colleagues are searching for the perfect formula.
It's not just beekeepers in the UK who benefit: this research could also help communities who are trying to grow food in remote places where pollinators aren't abundant. And Rui has some pretty sci-fi ambitions for the future of his work: space-faring bees pollinating plants on terraformed planets.
"If we can find a way, you know, to also take the bees along, I think that would be crazy. I mean, having exoplanetary bees!"
See more world-changing jobs like these on our playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkjB0VcEl5P9yPj9tljiU1PMhadR7iU1C
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Welcome to 101 Jobs That Change The World - our campaign to highlight some of the many roles that contribute to success of the research and innovation system. In these videos you’ll meet the people who work – often behind the scenes – in a wide variety of fulfilling and interesting roles beyond the traditional image of a researcher or innovator.
Our 101 Jobs profiles offer a glimpse into the lives of the varied people who are working across the research and innovation system, some in remote or unusual locations. Their jobs are essential to the creative, dynamic research and innovation system we need to tackle huge challenges like Covid-19, climate change, how we’ll live and work in the future – and they really do change the world.
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#CareersInResearch #CareersinBeekeeping #101Jobs #ItTakesUsAll #WhatsYourRole #ChangeTheWorld #BeesNeedsWeek
Meet Rui Gonçalves. He's a research assistant at the Oxford Bee Lab, where a team is investigating the nutritional needs of honeybees and bumblebees. Bee colonies can't usually access enough pollen and nectar over winter to fulfil their nutritional needs. For this reason, commercial beekeepers usually supplement their diets with artificial food in the winter - and Rui and his colleagues are searching for the perfect formula.
It's not just beekeepers in the UK who benefit: this research could also help communities who are trying to grow food in remote places where pollinators aren't abundant. And Rui has some pretty sci-fi ambitions for the future of his work: space-faring bees pollinating plants on terraformed planets.
"If we can find a way, you know, to also take the bees along, I think that would be crazy. I mean, having exoplanetary bees!"
See more world-changing jobs like these on our playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkjB0VcEl5P9yPj9tljiU1PMhadR7iU1C
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Welcome to 101 Jobs That Change The World - our campaign to highlight some of the many roles that contribute to success of the research and innovation system. In these videos you’ll meet the people who work – often behind the scenes – in a wide variety of fulfilling and interesting roles beyond the traditional image of a researcher or innovator.
Our 101 Jobs profiles offer a glimpse into the lives of the varied people who are working across the research and innovation system, some in remote or unusual locations. Their jobs are essential to the creative, dynamic research and innovation system we need to tackle huge challenges like Covid-19, climate change, how we’ll live and work in the future – and they really do change the world.
We are UK Research and Innovation, the body that allocates government funds for research. You can read more about what we do here. And if you liked this video, follow us on these channels:
Medium: medium.com/@UKRI
Instagram: instagram.com/weareukri
Facebook: facebook.com/weareUKRI
YouTube: youtube.com/c/UKResearchandInnovation
Or sign up for our weekly newsletter public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKRI/subscriber/new?topic_id=UKRI_newsletter
Want to know more about this campaign? See all our profiles here: ukri.org/our-work/101-jobs-that-change-the-world
And if you want to know more about the range of careers in research, visit the government careers site: nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-categories/science-and-research
#CareersInResearch #CareersinBeekeeping #101Jobs #ItTakesUsAll #WhatsYourRole #ChangeTheWorld #BeesNeedsWeek
