Sofia Dartnell @pollinatorpal

Bee lover, PhD student @CamZoology, @Gates_Cambridge scholar 🐝 Joined September 2020

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Sofia Dartnell @pollinatorpal

2 years ago

The workshop will be running again next summer and I would highly encourage anyone interested to apply! models4data2theory.github.io

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What a joy it was to be back at @RockyMtnBioLab this week diving into the mathematical side of plant-pollinator interactions and discussing how to best integrate theory with data. Thank you to Professors @fevaldovinos , Berri Brosi, and Mark Novak for your time and expertise!

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Prof Phil Stevenson @chickpeaman

2 years ago

The snail shell nesting Osmia orientalis is more efficient at pollinating strawberries than honeybees - they just need somewhere to nest so Ikuo Kandori reports the use of 3D printed snail shells. @ice2024kyoto_jp #ICE2024

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Rob Waterhouse also @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social @rmwaterhouse

2 years ago

Whole-#genome resequencing of 77 wild & domestic Bombus terrestris 🐝 #bumblebees from #Asia & #Europe: genetic differentiation, substantial trait differences, demographic analyses show Ne variation with climate change, #gene selection for Asian habitats biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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Margarita Lopez-Uribe @mmlopezu

2 years ago

Bumble bees 🐝are assumed to be monogamous. What are the consequences of violations of this assumption for colony abundance estimations? In this study, we explore this question in Bombus impatiens. Led by @sydthebirdy academic.oup.com/jee/article/do…

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Lynn Dicks @LynnDicks

2 years ago

Join us! We are looking for a PT technician to support the Agroecology lab @CamZoology, working on #pollinator conservation for 3 years, with the @RestPoll project. Apply by 28 August 2024. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47643/

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Lars Chittka @LChittka

2 years ago

Honeybees as workers in a bumblebee colony ... what kind of cross-species interactions happen? New paper by @EricRomeroVet et al. in @Apidologie. Drawing by Meredith Johnson @MeliponiniMere link.springer.com/article/10.100…

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Rachael Winfree @rachael_winfree

2 years ago

1/3 to 2/3 of crop systems studied worldwide would produce higher yield if they had more pollinators (ie, suffer from pollinator limitation). Just published by lab postdoc Katie Turo in Nature Ecology & Evolution - read it here rdcu.be/dMB0x

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Nigel Raine @NigelERaine

2 years ago

Great that @TovahKashetsky could present her important PhD research on parasite avoidance & nest-site selection in cavity-nesting solitary #bees @CSEE_SCEE @CSEE_Meetings. Great talk, sorry I couldn't 🐝@ #CSEE2024 in person. #Proud #CoSupervisor with Jessica Forrest #Pollinators

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Dr. Akito Kawahara @Dr_Akito

2 years ago

New study by Juliette Rubin and others showing that #MoonMoth tails are driven by #bat predation. Interestingly, seasonal temperature variation has exerted a nearly equally counterbalancing constraint on hindwing length. #LunaMoth #MoonMoth #evolution biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

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Nigel Raine @NigelERaine

2 years ago

Can #bumblebee queens endure periods of inundation while overwintering underground? New Biology Letters paper from Dr. @SabRondeau suggests that hibernating queens can survive up to 1 week submerged under water: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2… #OpenAccess #Pollinators @RSocPublishing

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Lars Chittka @LChittka

2 years ago

Yesterday at 2pm the first honeybee (Apis mellifera) in this species’ evolutionary history managed to pull a string for reward. They are much harder to train than bumblebees, though!

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Dr Alice Bridges @alicedbridges

2 years ago

It's finally here! Our new paper, out now in Nature. It's one small step for a bumblebee... and a big leap for human understanding of their cognitive capabilities. With @LChittka , @AmandaRoyka , and others!! nature.com/articles/s4158…

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Hines Lab @Hines_Lab

3 years ago

A new study by the lab shows heat response in bumble bees is impacted by many factors: Variance in heat tolerance in bumble bees correlates with species geographic range and is associated with several environmental and biological factors onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

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Margarita Lopez-Uribe @mmlopezu

2 years ago

New paper, new knowledge 🐝 Nice study led by @LauraJonesEco published in @Ecol_Evol We quantified heat tolerance and pathogen infections in 14 populations of squash #bee populations and found that... 🧵 @agsciences @huckinstitutes @USDA_NIFA @NSF onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

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Sofia Dartnell @pollinatorpal

2 years ago

Excited to be in Coimbra, Portugal for #ECOFLOR2024 ! I’m sharing my recent research assessing our current understanding of bumblebee parasites and their fitness impacts. Come say hello during the poster session!