Really sad to see that all of these beautiful flowers were cut down since yesterday morning ☹️

Two bees or not to bees

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

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

Everybody should watch this so we can finally end this debate.

Cicada skin from an adult that recently emerged from the ground 😮

I love the white dots on the body and wings of monarchs 😍

Tried my best to bring wild native bees into the conversation about "bees" (actually just honeybees) by calling into this CBC radio show. Fast forward to 31:30 to hear my attempt! 🌻🐝 cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Being a bee-cologist means you stop to say hi to every bee

A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, & most of the energy that does, moves the car, not people. Sound efficient? HT Ellen MacArthur Foundation

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

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

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…

#GradStudent scholarships and #Postdoc fellowships got a raise today for the first time in 21 years🙌 Immensely grateful to all those who have been pushing for this. It truly takes a village! Still processing and will have more thoughts soon! But overall this👇 is great news!

🚨🐝 FUN SCIENCE ALERT! 🐝🚨Hibernating bumblebee queens can survive up to a WEEK underwater!! The discovery stems from an oversight leading to these tough little queens defying the odds, emerging alive after an accidental underwater stint! 🌊🐝 #FunScience #BumblebeeSuperheroes

I’m obsessed with this student advertising his defense

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

Had a good time at the wildlife garden’s Pollinator Appreciation Day! 🐝🌻