@nigeleraine.bsky.social
Rebanks Family Chair in Pollinator Conservation, Professor at the University of Guelph. π Studies wild #pollinator #behaviour, #ecology & #conservation. π¦ π¨π¦π¬π§ He/him/his https://1in3mouthfuls.org
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We are looking for a very short (6 mo) researcher post for helping us to do experiments with bees, flowers and tiny robots,! The post would be suitable for a recently graduated PhD student or someone between jobs. The post will be announced formally in the new year. Informal queries welcome by email
01.12.2025 14:20 β π 9 π 11 π¬ 0 π 0
Our survey of #bees & #wasps visiting #soybean flowers is out: doi.org/10.4039/tce..... This work shows most πs visiting soyπΌs carried soy pollen. #Bumblebees & ground-nesting πs were the most common πΌvisitors suggesting that management practices supporting these #pollinators will benefit π¨π¦growers
28.11.2025 17:20 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
The #ProPollSoil project has officially got underway, coming together to explore two big questions: How does the health of our soils shape the fate of #pollinators? And how do pollinators influence #soil health?
Read more here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/11/21/c...
#bees #biodiversity #MissionSoil
We're really looking forward to this talk from Serian Sumner this Friday. Join us online or inperson, with a book signing and drinks reception aftwards. @waspwoman.bsky.social Reserve your seat now! bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
17.11.2025 15:07 β π 12 π 5 π¬ 0 π 1π PhD Opportunity @tum.de
Explore how soil health & structure shape habitats for ground-nesting pollinators in the Horizon Europe project ProPollSoil.
Join our interdisciplinary team in Soil Biophysics & Environmental Systems πΏ
π Details: www.lss.ls.tum.de/sbe/offered-...
For #EntSoc2025 folks interested in insect responses to extreme weather, Neal Williams and I are hosting a session, "Hot Bees" in D133/134. We'll focus the methods and tools we can use to understand how heat waves impact wild pollinators across ecological scales. Join us! π‘οΈππ¨πΌ
08.11.2025 22:13 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 1 π 1
Our recently opened World of Wasps exhibition hopes to reveal the unseen lives of wasps. Speaking to @cnn.com, Professor Seirian Sumner (@waspwoman.bsky.social) gave her top five reasons why we should all love wasps as much as she does.
05.08.2025 09:59 β π 32 π 11 π¬ 0 π 2We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!
13.06.2025 18:44 β π 24 π 31 π¬ 3 π 1
Today is #WorldBeeDay, which is a real reason to celebrate these wonders of nature! #Canada is a very large, diverse country. Our efforts have confirmed almost 1030 species (www.beesofcanada.com/species), and this list continues to grow.
20.05.2025 14:14 β π 11 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Congrats Jeremy. Really pleased for you!
04.04.2025 00:39 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
In a review led by Spanish researchers David Peris and Ricardo PΓ©rez-de la Fuente, we explored why a deep time perspective on insect pollination is relevant to our current understanding of plant-pollinator relationships. Read more here:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/03/12/e...
#pollinators #biodiversity
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Postdoc Opportunity in #Pollination Research
The @uni-freiburg.de is hiring a Postdoc for the EU project VALOR, exploring the ecological and economic values of pollinators.
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Deadline: March 1, 2025
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Start date: June 1, 2025
π° Salary: TV-L E13 (100%), 3 years
π uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
Image of a PhD position advert entitled "PhD studentship in Brain, Brawn, and Bugs: cognitive and physical factors of insect dexterity" with images of a praying mantis and a bumblebee foraging.
π¨Fully-funded PhD studentship on insect behaviour, cognition & muscles with me & @viveknityananda.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social ππππApplication deadline April 30, start date in September. Drop me an email if you have questions! www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...
24.02.2025 14:49 β π 86 π 65 π¬ 0 π 1
Exciting opportunity to bee-come the new Assistant or Associate Professor in Apiculture/Honey #Bee Biology @uofguelph.bsky.social π¨π¦. Assessment of applications will begin on April 16. Full info about the faculty position & application process: careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A... Please share widely!
21.02.2025 17:23 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0If thereβs still space, please could you add me to this starter pack. Many thanks
03.02.2025 20:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Lestrimelitta robber bees standing on the entrance tube
Melipona flavolineata stingless bee guards standing on their nest entrance tube
π 3-year Postdoc position π
Join us @bristolbiosci.bsky.social to study the impacts of parasitic bees on tropical bee communities using eDNA, SNPs & field-based surveys.
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Deadline: 23 Feb 2025
πVibrant city
π Collaboration with USP π§π·
π Details here: tinyurl.com/586u7vau
@leverhulme.bsky.social
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
Michenerβs 2007 βThe Bees of the Worldβ is a landmark for the study of bees: 7 families, 21 subfamilies, 58 tribes, 443 genera, and 927 subgenera of extant bees were recognized. Many changes have occurred since, as shown in the graph. #beesoftheworld #bees #classification #taxonomy #nomenclature
12.01.2025 18:13 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I have a new PhD opportunity with @juliakoricheva.bsky.social at Royal Holloway University of London on the effect of tree diversity on nutritional and chemical diversity of pollen and nectar resources for bees in the forest understory - deadline 20th January 2025 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff...
05.01.2025 11:37 β π 20 π 23 π¬ 0 π 2
"The University of Guelph is searching for a strategic leader to serve as its next University Librarian. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of library services at one of Canadaβs top comprehensive universities. "
www.kbrs.ca/Career/17327...
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...
12.12.2024 14:32 β π 19 π 6 π¬ 1 π 1PhD position available! Are you interested in how natural selection shapes the evolution of animal memory? Be part of our experimental evolution plans at UCL @ucl-pnl.bsky.social @treesdla.bsky.social , co-supervised by Flo Camus @fcamus.bsky.social. www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/evo...
09.12.2024 17:46 β π 40 π 55 π¬ 0 π 4
Diagram showing how tree species diversity can influence understory plants through changes in microclimate which in turn affects phenology and nectar and pollen quantity and quality. This may affect pollinator visits and plant fitness
π£ Fully funded PhD project supervised by me & @philstevenson.bsky.social within @treesdla.bsky.social on effects of forest diversity on floral reward production for pollinators. Nice mix of fieldwork in Finland & pollen and nectar chemistry ππΌπ³π² π§ͺπ Apply by 20 Jan www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff...
07.12.2024 08:54 β π 199 π 103 π¬ 5 π 3
One of the most alarming things about this study on the effect of pesticides on native bees is that some bumblebee queens (Bombus impatiens) preferred pesticide-contaminated soil when looking for a site to spend the winter. π§ͺπͺ²πͺ³π
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2025 New Zealand Native Bee Calendars Now Available!
We worked with participants of all ages to create 16 beautiful collages that capture the importance of planting a diverse assortment of flowers to feed native bees of Aotearoa.
Order here!
jandtlab.com/bee-creative...
@zoologyotago.bsky.social
George's Dream - image of George McGavin in a hedge surrounded by insects . Created by Anne Riley.
Windsor Library tonight Wednesday 4th Dec. 7.00pm I'll be giving a free talk: It's a Wild Life: Tales from Television.
04.12.2024 12:29 β π 57 π 10 π¬ 0 π 0
Hear more about Dr. Sabrina Rondeau's important new research showing that #bumblebee queens prefer pesticide-contaminated soils when choosing their underground hibernation sites in this recent CBC Quirks and Quarks interview with Bob McDonald:
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks... #Pollinators
Happy birthday
28.11.2024 14:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A close up image of a yellow flower with a bee foraging in the centre of the flower. A human hand is partially visible, keeping the flower as still as possible.
Photo of PhD position advertisement on pollinator adaptive capacity to climate change
PhD opportunity! Dr. Michelle Dileo and myself are recruiting a PhD student to study #pollinator adaptive capacity to #climatechange. Interested in #bees or #butterflies, #genomics, landscape #ecology? Based in π¨π¦. michelledileo.wordpress.com
See advert for details. Please share! π§ͺππ¦
