@joholley.bsky.social
Researcher and Educator at the University of Texas at Austin. Bacteria associated social wasps and bees, undergraduate research, and mentoring scholarship.
Two Mexican honey wasps, which are bee-like insects with black bodies, yellow stripes on the lower abdomen and honey-colored wings. Photo credit: Alex Wild.
The Mexican honey wasp is a bit of an oddball: it makes and eats honey like a bee, but when it’s hankering for protein, instead of pollen, it eats other insects. A new study finds its gut microbiome is more like bees than wasps. Funded by USDA and NSF. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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My sweet girl
16.08.2025 02:42 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0There are at least two!!
09.07.2025 00:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0How lovely.
23.02.2025 02:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0How did German cockroaches end up in the hilarious/romantic quadrant?
14.02.2025 22:22 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Thanks, the honey wasps are really cool.
28.01.2025 12:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better…
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
The annular eclipse makes little ring shadows under a bigtooth maple in central Texas. October 14, 3023.
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