“Maybe at the heart of conserving insects is to be able to see them and connect with them,” says Hollis Woodard, an entomologist at the University of California, Riverside, “and these images are obviously a great way to do that.” smithsonianmag.com/science-nature…

Glad to show you a 4min video we've done on the European Research Council (ERC) Project #IslandLife. Hope you like it! vimeo.com/1009241946?sha… Thanks to FAR VISUALS for their great work! Ruben Huttel Heleno Isa Donoso @isatxu.bsky.social

🏅 Et convidem al lliurament del XX Premi Ramon Margalef d'Ecologia! 🗣️ El professor Carlos M. Herrera ens parlarà sobre «Ecologia, epigenètica i la individualitat difusa de les plantes». 🗓 9-10/10 📌 Aula Magna Ramon Parés @cmhmaliani

Here is a short video clip from my new 9 min nature film "Pollination by wild #bees". The film highlights buzz pollination; grooming; nest searching and MATING by wild #bumblebees. #SCAPE2024 link to 9 min video: youtu.be/fQsnPAWQqcI

An eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) probing flowers of rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) for nectar. See my new Youtube video on pollination by wild #bees. Link to the 9 min video youtu.be/fQsnPAWQqcI

Thrilled to be at #SCAPE2024 in Lofthus, Norway where last night we were treated to the most extraordinary display of northern lights. Such a privilege.

#SCAPE2024 Prof. Jeff Ollerton - @[email protected] is talking about the importance of pollinators for the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Plants dependent on pollination contribute greatly to global food production and economic wealth. We ❤️ plant-pollinator interactions + welcome all papers on this!

This year’s SCAPE organizers have truly outdone themselves with the location! Can’t wait to see what they have in store for us! #SCAPE2024

Enjoying one of the best conference venues I've been to so far! And top that up by being surrounded by inspiring pollination talks all day. #SCAPE2024

My first poster!! #SCAPE2024

Great talk by Ellen Baker at #SCAPE2024 on sterols in UK plants & UK wild bees reporting work from her PhD & our Natural Environment Research Council project in the UK nutritional landscape. @KewScience University of Oxford

Our fantastic subject editor, Magne Friberg, is talking about the evolution of floral scent at #SCAPE2024! We are very grateful for the expertise he contributes to our editorial board and look forward to the newly launched joint special issue in pollination ecology with him!

What a conference!! Thank you #SCAPE2024 for the stellar organization at an absolutely stunning venue. And for letting me bring a little movement ecology into pollination! SCAPE Pollination Ecology

#SCAPE2024 was a very engaging conference, where all things pollination were discussed. Met some great people in the field, doing incredible work. Presented on insect pollinator distribution in the mosaic southern Cape forests. Prof. Jeff Ollerton - @[email protected] gave a fascinating keynote!

Tips for filming pollinators in flight, foraging, mating in the wild, thanks to Jeff Karron Jeff Karron See an example of his photography here youtu.be/fQsnPAWQqcI 1/

My students and I shoot video with the Canon full frame R5 mirrorless camera.   This camera produces very high quality 4k video at 120 fps.   The video can then be played back at 30 fps, which is ¼ normal speed.

We usually film pollinator behavior with a 400mm telephoto lens, rather than a macro lens, so we can capture images of bees visiting flowers 3-4 meters away.  My preferred lens is the Canon Rf 100-400, a compact telephoto lens that weighs just 635g.  I use single point autofocus.

Recent talk on Conservation of Bumble Bees and Native Plants youtu.be/1YvYdDPPPuQ?si…