This week I am very excited to have reached a big milestone in my scientific career: the publication of the first of my PhD research papers (Available open access at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3851)! The research published forms part of a larger project I undertook at Cambridge University in Beverley Glover's lab, looking at how to optimise the flowers of the field bean (Vicia faba, also known as the broad bean) to increase bee visitation rates. Pollinators and food prod