Peter Marting

Come learn how honey bees organize their nests in 3 dimension across time today at 11:30 in salon 10 #SICB2025

Just arrived in Atlanta for #SICB2025, excited to check out the cutting edge research and talk behavior/ecology/sociality! Come find me!

Our architectural symmetry paper made the cover of Current Biology! Congrats to @smithbeelab.bsky.social and the team. Check out the form, function, and evolutionary origins of honeybee nest symmetry here: www.cell.com/current-biol...

So excited to see BEES (and their beautiful nest) on the cover of Current Biology!
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This work wouldn't have been possible without a super team of researchers, and the cover wouldn't have been possible without the phenomenal Peter Marting! @aztecacecropia.bsky.social

Wow this is so cool! The whole colony is living in the tree there? Amazingly resilient for such a physically fragile ant. Thanks for the shout out!

Check out this wild resin forager in her natural tree nest. She has tree resin packed on her back legs where pollen is typically stored. It will be made into propolis to coat the cavity for antimicrobial protection and water sealing. Shot with the Laowa 24mm macro probe.

Form, function, and evolutionary origins of architectural symmetry in honey bee nests Smith et al. show that honey bees stockpile their nests symmetrically on either side of the double-sided comb, revealing architectural symmetry in the extended phenotype. This symmetry provides the co...

Congrats to the whole team: Michael Smith, Claire Bailey, Ben Koger, @ericamaul.bsky.social, Prathibha, Bajaree Chuttong, Roberto Molinari, Ethan Rowe, Maritza Spott

Hot new pub! Honeybee nests are super symmetrical, the pattern of cell contents is mirrored on either side of the comb. This symmetry:
1 is unique to each comb in the nest
2 evolves over time while maintaining symmetry
3 aids in thermoregulation and rearing
4 conserved across Apis
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A possibly undescribed species of Ophiocordyceps infecting a Carolina Leafroller Cricket in north Alabama. What a treasure.