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Ok, so I know all bees are incredible creatures, and it's a brave human who ranks them. But surely this blue carpenter bee would be near the top? This is Xylocopa tumida and she is gorgeous. 1/3

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[new paper] EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Another wonderful paper of @joseblanuza.bsky.social making open more than >1500 networks and looking at their properties. Come for the data, stay for the cool figures!

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2025 starts with a methodology publication by Ștefan et al. on Utilising affordable smartphones and open-source time-lapse photography for pollinator image collection and annotation - Happy new year! doi.org/10.26786/192...

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Kürzlich ist ein Wildbienen-Artikel erschienen 🐝🐝 Autor*innen: Thomas Fechtler, Hanna Gardein (Julius-Kühn-Institut), Felix Kirsch @thuenen.de, Friederike Grau & Annika Haß @funcagroeco.bsky.social @unigoettingen.bsky.social & Fionn Pape. ▶️ www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information. Why do they hate it so much?

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A deep dive into an old box file has unexpectedly resulted in a possible answer to the question: what was the first online database of plant-pollinator interactions? jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/01/07/w... #bees #pollinators #biodiversity #ecology #botany #History

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Butterflies and moths use The (electrostatic) Force to transfer pollen to and from nearby flowers. New on Sciworthy! #SciComm #ecology #ecosystems sciworthy.com/butterflies-...

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A biting buzz: Thanks to Sigma Xi and New Scientist for covering our work on how #bees bite flowers to transmit vibrations to flowers during buzz pollination! www.americanscientist.org/article/a-bi...

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New study: #CropDiversification can help pollinators without taking land out of agricultural production, but only some #pollinator species may benefit. We highlight mechanisms on the spatial and temporal #diversity of crops. Led by Thijs Fijen @w-u-r.bsky.social

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"Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining." This issue is linked to the erosion of natural history training in general.

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An inspirational study that everyone interested in the thermal ecology of bees and their responses to environmental warming should read. I'll most likely borrow some of the elegant methods used here, and put them to work with some wild bees next summer 😉 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

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Come join us at the University of Bristol! Lecturer/senior lecturer position in the school of Biological Sciences www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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What are the barriers and enablers for smallholders in Western Kenya to increase tree diversity on farms? Read our post in advance of @peopleandnature.bsky.social paper relationalthinkingblog.com/2024/12/18/p... Paper amazingly led by Ennia Bosshard! @uniexecec.bsky.social @isleconserv.bsky.social 🌍

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New records of predation by Vespa velutina on wild pollinators in Asturias. We have observed Vespa velutina preying not only on honeybees but also on other species, including Colletes hederae, Epeolus fallax and Vespula vulgaris. www.entomologica.es/publicacione... @entomoprofessor.bsky.social

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Join Óscar Aguado and me for "KNOW YOUR BEES," an introductory course on bee taxonomy and ecology Location: Botanical Garden of Barcelona Date: March 10-13, 2025 Call Opening: January 10th, 2025 Application Deadline: January 31st, 2025

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The arctic is now more of a source of greenhouse gasses than a sink. (The same goes for northern forests.) Along with accelerating climate change, this also highlights the extent of habitat disruption and negative effects on biodiversity in those regions. 🧪 🌎 insideclimatenews.org/news/1112202...

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I have an open position (fully funded for 4 years) for a PhD candidate in a project on pollinator communities and populations in relation to forest structure and microclimate. See more, and apply here: www.slu.se/en/about-slu....

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"Actual and perceived negative interactions between managed and wild bees will inevitably lead to escalating conflicts." Cross out "will"! In Germany, there are already (legal) cases where beekeepers have to remove their hives from protected areas or otherwise get fined. tinyurl.com/4bu26yk8

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The Supreme Court's reshaping of the US...scary! slate.com/podcasts/ami...

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Pls RT: Interested in doing a PhD on the behaviour of #bees & other animals at CRAB Uni Exeter and Bristol Uni? Check out SWBio swbio.ac.uk www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/pr... (apply by 11.12.) & NERC GW4 www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/projects-202... @seanrands.bsky.social @bethbees.bsky.social apply by 13.01.

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The Southern Giant Hornet (Vespa soror) has been detected in Europe for the first time. Sánchez et al 2024 Early Alarm on the First Occurrence of the Southern Giant Hornet Vespa soror du Buysson, 1905 (Vespidae) in Europe onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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While using larger tags in (pollinator )research over the last decades already, these tiny tags open up many more possibilities for experiments with much smaller species (not only 🪰 but also 🐝) Original paper doi.org/10.1093/ee/n...

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Wow, what a dataset! I call this properly "long-term"!! And relevant for understanding related networks. 🐝🦋🦟

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We found stingless bees were able to easily discriminate between patterns like the radial stimulus below. Pretty impressive for a tiny bee! 🧪 #science #bees #entomology

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📣 We are recruiting! Please spread the word! We look to hire an associate professor in animal ecology, specializing in evolutionary ecology. Apply by Feb 7 2025. Come join us in Uppsala, Sweden! Application page and contact info 🔗👇 #ecology #evolution #job www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

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New paper "Avenues towards reconciling wild & managed #bee proponents" led by Alex Beaurepaire. Hopefully a useful addition to discussions about the risks posed by managed bees to wild bees, highlighting knowledge gaps that hinder development of evidence-based policies: www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

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[new paper] You probably suspected that loss of pollinator diversity consistently reduces reproductive success for wild and cultivated plants, but here we quantify it: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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A good month in the urban ecology / pollinator gardening wing of the Crone lab: Paper 2/2: Roads are partial barriers to sweat bee foraging rdcu.be/d20HA

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Soil also houses nests of the majority of bee species that provide important ecosystem services themselves. 🐝

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The mason bee Osmia cornuta, native to Europe, has become established in British Columbia, Canada, based on observations over the last two years. A new study suggests the bee could find wide swaths of suitable habitat in both the Pacific Northwest and eastern North America.

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Don't ignore cities. 🏙️ This rare butterfly 🦋 is doing better in Loja, Ecuador 🇪🇨 than in surrounding, less-urban areas. It's part of an amazing series of ecological interactions anchored by a mistletoe. 🧪🪳🪲🌎 entomologytoday.org/2024/12/06/u...

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New blog from me!! A step-by-step guide* on getting your science paper glued to the front of a pesticide company's door in a protest! (*ok not quite, but an interesting dissection of what SciComm on social media actually looks like). appliedecologistsblog.com/2024/12/04/s...

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And adding the years 2022-2024 will show an even larger shrinking 😪

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This Black Heritage PhD position is still available in our lab at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social if anyone is interested (or knows someone who might be). Please re-post #blackinStem 🐝

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Join us for our next undergraduate research experience program in Colombia! 🇨🇴 We will work on projects investigating how climate and landscape changes affect plant-pollinator interactions in one of the world’s most biodiverse regions. 🐝 #Bees #NSF Apply now! biodiversity.ku.edu/nsf-ires-tro...

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Phytochemical profiles of honey bees (Apis mellifera) and their larvae differ from the composition of their pollen diet. Post-ingestion fate of PSMs in honey bees suggests capacity for detoxification or removal of toxic metabolites reducing effects on honey bee health. doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

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New paper out in Animal Cognition: bumblebee social learning, Lego, and DeepLabCut 🙂 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Please share widely! We have two open postdoctoral positions in my lab: lopezuribelab.com/join-the-lab/ Some details below👇👇👇

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