{"id":281,"date":"2017-07-03T09:30:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T09:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pollinationpodcast\/?p=281"},"modified":"2017-07-03T09:30:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T09:30:34","slug":"scott-macivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pollinationpodcast\/2017\/07\/03\/scott-macivor\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Scott MacIvor &#8211; The Bees of Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"283\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2917\/files\/2017\/07\/Scott-MacIvor-PolliNation-Episode-Art.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2917\/files\/2017\/07\/Scott-MacIvor-PolliNation-Episode-Art.jpg?fit=650%2C650&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"650,650\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Scott MacIvor &amp;#8211; PolliNation &amp;#8211; Episode Art\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2917\/files\/2017\/07\/Scott-MacIvor-PolliNation-Episode-Art.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2917\/files\/2017\/07\/Scott-MacIvor-PolliNation-Episode-Art.jpg?fit=650%2C650&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-283\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pollinationpodcast\/files\/2017\/07\/Scott-MacIvor-PolliNation-Episode-Art-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2917\/files\/2017\/07\/Scott-MacIvor-PolliNation-Episode-Art.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2917\/files\/2017\/07\/Scott-MacIvor-PolliNation-Episode-Art.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2917\/files\/2017\/07\/Scott-MacIvor-PolliNation-Episode-Art.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2917\/files\/2017\/07\/Scott-MacIvor-PolliNation-Episode-Art.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2917\/files\/2017\/07\/Scott-MacIvor-PolliNation-Episode-Art.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scott MacIvor is an Assistant Professor of Urban Ecology at the University of Toronto at Scarborough in the Department of Biological Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Scott is also a researcher at the Green Roof Innovation Testing (GRIT) lab at the University of Toronto in the faculty of Landscape Architecture. Scott has published 12 peer-reviewed articles on green roof ecology and performance, and works with the City of Toronto Planning Division on a number of projects, which have included the &#8216;Bees of Toronto&#8217; Biodiversity Series book, and the &#8216;Guidelines for Biodiverse Green Roofs&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Today we\u2019re talking about the Bees of Toronto book, what makes the city special for pollinators, and why urban habitats are so important for bee conservation.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pollination-a-pollinator-health-podcast\/id1209328985?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Subscribe and Listen to PolliNation on Apple Podcasts.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>And\u00a0be sure to\u00a0leave us a Rating and Review!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pollination-a-pollinator-health-podcast\/id1209328985?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"138\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2917\/files\/2017\/05\/pollination-apple-logo2.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2917\/files\/2017\/05\/pollination-apple-logo2.jpg?fit=400%2C102&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,102\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pollination-apple-logo2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2917\/files\/2017\/05\/pollination-apple-logo2.jpg?fit=300%2C77&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2917\/files\/2017\/05\/pollination-apple-logo2.jpg?fit=400%2C102&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-138 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pollinationpodcast\/files\/2017\/05\/pollination-apple-logo2-300x77.jpg?resize=300%2C77\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2917\/files\/2017\/05\/pollination-apple-logo2.jpg?resize=300%2C77&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2917\/files\/2017\/05\/pollination-apple-logo2.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;We are really interested in mainstreaming biodiversity.&#8221; &#8211; Scott MacIvor<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Show Notes:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Why Toronto is a great place for bees<\/li>\n<li>How the history of Toronto has made it a great place for pollinators<\/li>\n<li>The different kinds of bees that you can find in Toronto<\/li>\n<li>Is there such a thing as an invasive bee or not?<\/li>\n<li>How they came about writing the Bees of Toronto book<\/li>\n<li>The many different types of people who care for bees in Toronto<\/li>\n<li>Why more and more of people\u2019s experiences with nature are happen within an urban realm<\/li>\n<li>How artists are being inspired by pollinators<\/li>\n<li>Some of the threats to bee declines in cities<\/li>\n<li>Why soil conditions are important for more than 75% of the bees in Toronto<\/li>\n<li>The limiting factors of studying bees in cities<\/li>\n<li>Why cities might act as a refuge for bees<\/li>\n<li>How bees interact with their landscapes in different ways<\/li>\n<li>Why all landscapes need to be conservation areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;We know about our bees in Toronto than almost any other city in the world.&#8221; &#8211; Scott MacIvor<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Links Mentioned:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.toronto.ca\/City%20Of%20Toronto\/City%20Planning\/Environment\/Files\/pdf\/B\/Biodiversity%20-%20Bees%20of%20Toronto%20accessible%20final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bees of Toronto<\/a>\u00a0(PDF)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pollinationpodcast\/2017\/05\/22\/david-lowenstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">04 Dr. David Lowenstein \u2013 Wild Pollinators in Urban Areas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumblebeewatch.org\/\">Bumble Bee Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.toronto.ca\/wps\/portal\/contentonly?vgnextoid=9e56e03bb8d1e310VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD\">Open Data Toronto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/upcolorado.com\/university-press-of-colorado\/item\/1694-techniques-for-pollination-biologists\"><em>Techniques for Pollination Biologists<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/palspublishing.cals.cornell.edu\/doc\/pollinatorflyer_1.pdf\">Managing Alternative Pollinators (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott MacIvor is an Assistant Professor of Urban Ecology at the University of Toronto at Scarborough in the Department of Biological Sciences. Scott is also a researcher at the Green Roof Innovation Testing (GRIT) lab at the University of Toronto in the faculty of Landscape Architecture. Scott has published 12 peer-reviewed articles on green roof&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pollinationpodcast\/2017\/07\/03\/scott-macivor\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8343,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1256877],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Hgd7-4x","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pollinationpodcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pollinationpodcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pollinationpodcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pollinationpodcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8343"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pollinationpodcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pollinationpodcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pollinationpodcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pollinationpodcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pollinationpodcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/pollinationpodcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}