Our U.S. National Science Foundation #IRES course has begun! We are excited and getting ready for a summer of research related to #bees, #plants and #pollination Penn State Entomology 🐝🌻Nash Turley🌻🐝 Lopez-Uribe Lab

#Nosema Infection in Bombus pauloensis beaslab

We've been catching an amazing diversity of bees! The orchid bee traps baited with various chemical lures have captured so many cool bees and we are learning a lot about the changes in bee communities across Colombia 🇨🇴 🐝 beaslab Colombian Graduate Student Community at PSU 🇨🇴

A es para abeja 🐝

Getting ready for our final presentations next week! Looking forward to sharing all the amazing science we worked this summer! #NSF Lopez-Uribe Lab beaslab UMNG

We had the great opportunity today to give a presentation to the 10th graders of Colegio San Isidrio from Cajica. #NSFIRES students talked about climate change and pollination and results of their research projects this summer beaslab UMNG Lopez-Uribe Lab PSUAgScienceResearch

Conversatorio Viendo la Ciencia a través del Arte UMNG Ciencia Pa' Sumercé

Results 2023 IRES Pollinators in Changing Climates lopezuribelab.com/2023/08/14/res… Lopez-Uribe Lab 🐝🌻Nash Turley🌻🐝 beaslab U.S. National Science Foundation

Project 1 - How does shade impact plant vegetative, reproductive, and floral traits? We found that blueberries and strawberries benefit from shade (for vegetative, reproductive and photosynthetic traits) youtu.be/j7qINTynnnE

Project 2 - Does variation in body size and color offer an advantage to bees across elevation and temperature gradients? We found that color and body size help with thermoregulation but size is more important for social bees and color for solitary bees youtu.be/dK6lm9s6jH4

Project 3 - Does variation in body and appendage size across elevation and temperature gradients in bee communities? We found strong correlation indicating that species richness decreases, body size increases and appendages decrease with elevation youtu.be/EiP3yRZDre0

Project 4 - Can raspberry pis be implemented to study foraging behavior in social bees? Yes! This technology was successfully implemented and we found support suggesting that larger bumble bees start foraging earlier than smaller bees in the same colony youtu.be/F8UQK35fw44

I am looking forward to the upcoming #EntSoc2023 meeting!

Nuestros estudiantes Harold Pulido y @Dgplata1997 participaron en el XIII Congreso Mesoamericano de Abejas Nativas. Un gran espacio de enriquecimiento y reencuentro con antiguos miembros del grupo Nicolás Rengifo

BOMBUSS 3.0 - in beautiful San Cristobal to learn about lots of exciting progress from a really fun group of people

Exciting morning! Our paper on the thermal tolerance of nocturnal #bees and the implications for nocturnal #pollination is published. Great collaboration with Smithsonian Panama @EEB_KU KU Natural History Museum Research at KU KU Biology Margarita Lopez-Uribe nature.com/articles/s4159…

A great Christmas present. Finally in print! Natalie Castillo Jesus Jacome-Garcia beaslab Ruben Darío Martín Rojas Nicolás Rengifo

I am delighted to share the digital copy of the booklet "Abejas del Parque Chicaque". You can down it here: lopezuribelab.com/wild-bees/bees… The first 50 people to sign up here will receive one printed copy via mail: forms.gle/ARjjnUxecGXhGW… Lopez-Uribe Lab beaslab Chicaque 🐝🐝🐝🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴

Victor H. Gonzalez Betancourt @rachelkosborn Entomological Collections Network KU Natural History Museum KU Biology Andrés Felipe Herrera Motta Thanks for inviting us to participate in the symposium beaslab @Dgplata1997

Amazing octopus stretching its tentacles to form a huge balloon filmed by EVNautilus at a depth of around 1,600 meters (5,250 feet).