When we think of pollinators, bees are usually the first things that buzz to mind.
While the famous honey bee certainly plays a vital role in our agricultural and environmental ecosystems, the University of New England's Rader Community Ecology Lab is shining the spotlight on some of our other important pollinators.
PhD student Jelena Preradovic is just one of UNE's research students who is doing this through her work into the role of non-bee pollinators, such as flies and ants, in berry crop production.
We asked Jelena why these insects are the bees knees when it comes to crop pollination, and why she was drawn to this unique field of research.
