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bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social
Postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Guelph Pollinator conservation, bumble bees, movement behaviour, sustainable agriculture
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Ontario Election Day is today… Take responsibility and vote! 🗳️ We have what we have because too many stayed home on election day. 🤷🏻‍♂️ In June 2022, Ontario saw a record low turnout—only 43.53% of eligible voters cast their ballots. Let’s do better. Democracy works best when we all show up! #onpoli

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No voter card? No problem! Here’s what you can use instead to vote.

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While out canvassing yesterday I was concerned by the number of ppl who didn't know they could vote without a voter card or registering! Let's help spread the word. www.elections.on.ca/en/voting-in... #onpoli

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You do NOT need to your Voter Card to VOTE!!! Just bring IDs! Go VOTE!!! #onpoli #cdnpoli

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New paper out on biodiversity in apple farming led by @robind6.bsky.social. Organic farming had rather limited benefits for local biodiversity as compared to conventional farming, and effects were inconsistent across taxa. Semi-natural habitats were more important for biodiversity conservation.

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#onpoli

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Advance polls open today in Ontario! Check where you can vote here: voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/election/...

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We need a caring Ontario 💚 #ONdebate #ONpoli

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What about the fact that we didn't need this early election? #ONdebate #ONpoli

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#ONdebate #ONpoli

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Ford keeps talking about keeping the economy moving, yet we have 80,000 homeless, most food bank usage, and people obviously struggling. So is this what he thinks a moving economy is?

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Love that Mike Schreiner for @ontariogreens.bsky.social is always cordial and has an obviously collaborative attitude #ONDebate #ONPoli

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So glad they are talking about post secondary. The financial situation with our universities is dire #onpoli #ondebate

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The condescension from Ford is really annoying #ondebate #onpoli

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How about trains before tunnels #ONdebate

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When anyone, anywhere, can point to a published article from a predatory journal or even a preprint and say it backs their claims, we’re in real trouble. We desperately need to make “peer-reviewed” actually mean something again. 🧪 #AcademicSky #ScientificPublishing

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"disable your ad blocker"

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Proportional representation!

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Yay support for more train service!

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At a candidates meeting for the #onpoli election. I wish candidates focus on reasons to vote for something rather than something to vote against

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Here. Have a baby flamingo.

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Proportional representation is really the only logical way elections should be determined!

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Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.

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Be like a bee Peaceful, working for the good of the nest and the environment That is until, they, or their nestmates are unjustly perturbed. If then, They find their stinger. 🍁 #cdnpoli #uspoli #tariffs

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The Motus radiotracking network is growing! Inspirational pan-European meeting yesterday, glimpsing the secret lives of tiny #bats & #birds: yellow-browed warblers moving from Netherlands ➡️ UK; Nathusius' pipistrelle bats going the other way. @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @birdscanada.bsky.social 🦇 🌍

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SUCH good news... #neonics #neonicotinoids #pollinators

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#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 25 During hibernation #bumblebee queens avoid freezing to death by producing glycerol which acts like antifreeze preventing water in their bodies turning into ice crystals. ‘Nature never breaks her own laws.’ - da Vinci #bees #nature 🌍🐝

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This is huge! Potential way to fight antibiotic resistant infections by depriving bacteria of zinc. 🦠🔬🧪🩺

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🦠💧 Bacteria vs 'Forever Chemicals' Scientists have found a type of bacteria that can slowly break down harmful PFAS chemicals This could help clean up polluted water and other environments. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Environment #Pollution #SciComm 🧪

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About 70% of native bees in the US nest in the ground and are the most vulnerable bees to our high-pesticide agriculture. Native bees are the backbone of pollination services yet are in steep decline. If we value our abundant food supply, we need to protect our native bees. 🧪 🌍 tinyurl.com/54xjat4j

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I study bumble bee movements and habitats to uncover ways to protect these incredible pollinators and ensure their survival. What’s your favourite thing about bumble bees? 🐝

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Western honeybees 🐝 are invasive in most agricultural settings. Their presence impacts native pollinators. In Tibet, new bee hives displaced native pollinators. 🌸 Diversity recovered when honeybees were removed, but the new community was different. 🧪 🌏 🪲 🪳 🔗 academic.oup.com/jinsectscien...

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🌟 Throwback to my 2020 research published in @science.org 🌼🐝 We showed how bumble bees actively shape their environment—making plants flower earlier to meet their needs. Nature’s engineers in action! 🧪🌏 Sharing this for anyone who missed it—let’s dive in! [1/17] 👇

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