University of Tasmania PhD student Ryan Warren won the Ag Institute Australia National Student Award for his work on declining bee populations.
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Mr Warren competed against students from across Australia for the award at the final in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Finalists presented a written submission on their topic and presented their research to a judging panel, with Mr Ryan sharing his honey bee research.
“The aim of my research was to optimise a newly developed radio frequency identification system for monitoring variation in individual bee behaviour,” he said.
“The refined system can now be utilised to conduct a wide range of research, contributing to increased understanding of global bee decline.”
Institute director Dr Daniel Tan said the National Student Award was important for agricultural researchers.
“The high quality of the research projects this year are a testament to the incoming talent for Australian agriculture,” Dr Tan said.