Check out this new paper from yours truly, the mudlab!! 🤓

Leafcutter bees carrying leaves look like little witches on their broomsticks 🐝🍃

Hello in there! Just a mama bee hanging out in her nest 🌼

Submit your proposal and register today for our 12th annual #BeeCon, held virtually Oct 12 and hybrid on Oct 13, 2023. This event is for #bee researchers in ON and globally, and is free thanks to sponsors like YorkU - Science Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change York University VPRI: yorku.ca/bees/beecon-20…

Sharing with you one of my favorite discoveries so far in this summer: the charismatic Brown Wasp #Mantidfly (𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘢). It mimics the appearance of paper wasps (𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴 sp.). Guess what those white balls on the body are?

I only sweat so I can feed the bees😅

Tag, you’re it! 🏃‍♂️

Some talented high school students interviewed me. We talked about the importance of native bees. Check it out! instagram.com/p/CukI1XUrdKO/…

When plants bring beneficial (and beautiful!) insects 🧡🧡🧡 Butterfly milkweed in my urban Ottawa neighborhood

The shot: The attempts:

Bumblebee deploying her landing gear (all 6 legs)🛬

checking up on our #bee hotels and #microclimate stations in work looking at effect of trees on thermal heterogeneity and cavity nesting bee demography. work led by Róisín (she/her) TOMST

My manuscript was accepted last week and I’ve already received four (4) scam emails about an award. Am I officially an academic now?

Kneesvember Day One

I love snow, but I don’t like walking on slushy sidewalks while cars get nicely plowed roads 🥲

Led by biology professor Dr. Emily Austen, Wild Bees Sackville seeks to assess the significance of human-built naturalized sites in supporting bee populations. 5 students worked on the project in 2023, incl. #sociology and #biology student Chloe Jackson: mta.ca/about/news/bio…

My MSc ms is published 🐜🧠 We found that acorn ants get faster at decision-making with experience, but not more accurate. We used social network analysis to measure social connectedness and workload distribution, both of which remained stable over time. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We are pleased to present the new logo for the 21st edition of the OCIB symposium! Thank you Róisín (she/her) and BioMatters Magazine for designing this fantastic logo! We will be announcing exciting news in the coming weeks regarding this year's event. Stay tuned!

Join me in advocating for increased funding for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in Budget 2024 #SupportOurScience nwmd.io/s/twitter/ZBU7…

Great that Tovah Kashetsky 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