gclef<p>"Long-time Nature:Briefing readers will be familiar with the work of conservation scientist Sheila Colla, who wrote compellingly alongside environmental writer Lorraine Johnson about embracing ‘messy’ gardens and with other colleagues about how butterflies offer lessons in resilience. I was very sorry today to hear that Colla has died, aged 43. “She leaves us: not in despair, but with instructions,” writes Rhett Butler, the founder of the conservation publication Mongabay. “Plant a native flower, upload a bee sighting, speak up for the quiet things, and sit, for a while, in awe.”</p><p>— Flora Graham, senior editor, Nature Briefing</p><p><a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/sheila-colla-advocate-for-bees-died-on-july-6th-2025-aged-43/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.mongabay.com/2025/07/shei</span><span class="invisible">la-colla-advocate-for-bees-died-on-july-6th-2025-aged-43/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bees</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Garden</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flowers</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a></p>