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@pdelarua.bsky.social

Biologist🐝🧬🏝️ Professor at the University of Murcia

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Por aquí también se estila 🤦🏻‍♀️ y le llaman “hotel polinizador”

04.03.2026 11:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
This Brazilian frog might be the first pollinating amphibian known to science
Nectar-loving tree frog likely moves pollen from flower to flower

This Brazilian frog might be the first pollinating amphibian known to science Nectar-loving tree frog likely moves pollen from flower to flower

It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023.

Learn more on #WorldWildlifeDay: https://scim.ag/4riUU1G

04.03.2026 00:11 — 👍 373    🔁 134    💬 3    📌 17
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🚨 Deadline for Grant Applications Approaching! 🚨

Before submitting, please take a moment to read our updated guidelines to ensure your proposal fits our grant-giving criteria.
We look forward to seeing your submissions!

bit.ly/2iihD0T
#BeeScience #beekeeping #citizenscience #beebooks #apiculture

03.03.2026 13:11 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

¡Enhorabuena por esa foto y por el trabajo realizado! 👏🏻👏🏻🐝🐝

27.02.2026 23:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Denis Michez (Mons University) follows up at the @safeguard-pollinators.eu final meeting by updating us on the status of wild bees and hover flies across Europe #bee 🐝 🦋 🪰 - key message, we now have distributional data to underpin conservation strategies for wild bees and hover flies across Europe

26.02.2026 09:45 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🚁➡️🐝 A drone needs a data link and remote computing. A honey bee does not.

With a brain smaller than a sesame seed, a honey bee makes rapid, context-sensitive decisions while flying. Efficient intelligence is not the same thing as more computation and bees are a striking reminder of that.

25.02.2026 16:13 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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WildPosh's second annual general meeting brings partners together in Turin The second WildPosh Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place in Turin, Italy, hosted by the University of Turin. The two-day event once again brought together partners from across the consortium to sha...

🤔 Are you curious about the discussions that took place during the second WildPosh Annual General Meeting in Turin?

👉 Get a full overview of the event: wildposh.eu/news/wildpos...

23.02.2026 10:52 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Perla Wahnón, presidenta de los científicos: “Al no protegerse, el conocimiento español acaba explotado por potencias extranjeras” La física cuántica le pide a la ministra de Ciencia, Diana Morant, duplicar el presupuesto de proyectos de investigación. “Estamos a la cola de Europa”, recuerda

@nunodomin.bsky.social entrevista a Perla Wahnón presidenta de la @cosce.bsky.social en @elpais.com que reflexiona sobre los problemas que seguimos arrastrando los científicos en nuestro país: falta de financiación, burocracia, falta de personal... ¡Ojalá la escuchen!
elpais.com/ciencia/2026...

22.02.2026 10:57 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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The meeting concluded with a General Assembly led by WildPosh coordinator Denis Michez, who provided an overview of the work done so far, discussed collaborations with @valor-project.eu and @pollinera-horizon.eu, and outlined plans for the upcoming third Annual General Meeting.

18.02.2026 14:02 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Day 2 of the WildPosh Annual General Meeting in Turin opened with inter-work package discussions.

18.02.2026 10:40 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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📢 Today, WildPosh holds its second annual general meeting in Turin, Italy.

During the two-day event, partners will cover the recent developments in their work and discuss the next steps.

Stay tuned as we share live updates from day 1 of the meeting.

#WildPoshMeets

17.02.2026 10:40 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 8    📌 0
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Oferta Tecnológica de la Universidad de Murcia - OTRI Oferta Tecnológica de la Universidad de Murcia - OTRI - Universidad de Murcia

🔈 En el grupo de transferencia de conocimiento “Avances en Biodiversidad” ofrecemos el servicio de identificación molecular de polinizadores 🐝🪰🦋

www.um.es/web/otri/inv...

16.02.2026 10:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🌱🐝 La Universidad de Murcia lanza un laboratorio ‘vivo’ para estudiar cómo los polinizadores benefician los campos de almendros. Un proyecto europeo que une ciencia, agricultura sostenible y conservación de la biodiversidad hasta 2029.

🔗​https://t.um.es/lab-vivo-poliniadores

@pdelarua.bsky.social

06.02.2026 17:04 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Constituyen un laboratorio ‘vivo’ para comprobar los beneficios de los polinizadores en los campos de almendros Dos proyectos europeos están detrás de este experimento colaborativo para analizar los efectos de una agricultura más sostenible

🐝 🐝 Hace dos semanas lanzamos un Living Lab apoyado por @butterfly-project.bsky.social y @ProPollSoil para demostrar cómo los polinizadores mejoran la productividad y la sostenibilidad agrícola en almendros.
Ciencia aplicada para una agricultura más resiliente 🌍
www.um.es/web/sala-pre...

05.02.2026 19:49 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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From Wed 28 to Fri 30 of January the partners of the @butterfly-project.bsky.social met for the General Assembly.
At BeeLife, we’re proud to collaborate in a network connecting #science, #policy, #economy and #nature to respond to pollinator decline.

04.02.2026 08:49 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Asamblea de Jóvenes Ciudadanos sobre Polinizadores La disminución del número de insectos polinizadores constituye una amenaza para la disponibilidad de alimentos, para nuestra prosperidad futura y para la naturaleza. Las instituciones de la UE, así co...

¿Te preocupa el declive de los polinizadores? Ahora puedes participar en un espacio de debate ciudadano para compartir ideas y propuestas sobre cómo enfrentar este problema.
La Unión Europea pone en marcha una Asamblea de Jóvenes Ciudadanos sobre Polinizadores
citizens.ec.europa.eu/young-citize...

02.02.2026 16:52 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Here we go! The final day of the meeting. 🦋

Next meeting: Milano, last week of February 2027.

30.01.2026 08:22 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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📅 Save the Date
Delighted to be supporting EURBEE11 — the 11th European Conference of Apidology 🐝
📍 Bologna, Italy | 🗓 7–10 September
For more details: bit.ly/45JdiIR
www.eurbee2026.com
#Eurbee #Eurbee2026 #bees #Apiculture

30.01.2026 09:59 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Have a look at the brand new website of our sibling project, ProPollSoil!
www.propollsoil.eu

30.01.2026 12:47 — 👍 4    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Hi! How are you all today? The second day of the meeting is about to begin. 🐛🦋

29.01.2026 07:44 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

We've just started!

28.01.2026 09:01 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Yes! Here we are. Looking forward for interactions and discussions during the 3-days AGM

27.01.2026 18:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status  | Zootaxa

A similar situation observed at the Spanish side of the Pyrenees 🐝🐝⛰️🏔️

www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...

26.01.2026 16:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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⚡🦋 Electrostatic pollination by butterflies and moths

Butterflies and moths accumulate electrostatic charge as they fly, allowing them to pull pollen grains off flowers without even touching them. In other words, they can literally attract pollen through the air.

doi.org/10.1098/rsif...

22.01.2026 11:41 — 👍 11    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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✨ Kick-off of the @butterfly-project.bsky.social & @ProPollSoil Living Lab in the Region of Murcia!
Bringing farmers, researchers, companies and public bodies together to co-create climate-resilient, sustainable almond farming-supporting pollinators 🐝🦋 and healthier soils 🌱

23.01.2026 17:26 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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‼️WildPosh results have been added to Safe-Hub!

All current project outputs can be found in the Hub's knowledge library. In the future, all WildPosh articles, policy briefs, datasets, reports, and other materials will be available on the platform.

👉 Explore Safe-Hub: safeguard-pollinators.eu

19.01.2026 09:19 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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👀 In case you missed it: WildPosh featured in La Vanguardia

Back in September, our project coordinator, Professor Denis Michez, sat down with La Vanguardia to discuss how citizen science and AI are transforming biodiversity monitoring.

👉 Read more: buff.ly/JqgBPFF

16.01.2026 09:15 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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🐛 If we are serious about halting pollinator decline, we must stop treating soil as a passive backdrop.
For many pollinators, soil is their habitat. Ignoring it means overlooking one of the most fundamental pillars of pollinator biodiversity.

Photo credit: User:Famartin - Wikimedia Commons

15.01.2026 14:09 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1
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🐝 Just learned that Lotmaria passim has been hanging out in the Canary Islands since at least 1998! 🏝️

We found this trypanosomatid in honey bee populations, marking the earliest known global record.
🐝 #honeybees #pollinators #ecosystemservices

doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

11.01.2026 18:49 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Ready for 2026! 💪🏻🐝🧬

07.01.2026 22:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0