Fantastic Post Doc Opp RHUL Biology funded by Natural Environment Research Council to work w/ Mark Brown in collaboration w/ me @KewScience studying impacts of anti parasitic nectar of heather on wild bee health, specifically through the mitigation of parasitic disease. Pls RT. jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/1023-436

Looking up wurflenii on Google Scholar, as one does, I stumbled across a conference paper about research being shared on Twitter, mentioning this account. First and last time that's going to happen. Those were the days. dapp.orvium.io/deposits/6442b…

Hee. Honey bees literally stealing pollen off (the scopa of) solitary bees. Link to PDF with photos. zobodat.at/pdf/Biodiversi…

Great observations of honeybees stealing pollen of flower-visiting wild bee species.

Honigbienen stellen unbestreitbar eine Konkurrenz für Wildbienen dar, da sie die selben Ressourcen benötigen: Nektar und - insbesondere - Pollen. Über das Ausmaß wird kontrovers diskutiert, Bumblebees etc. weist hier auf einen Artikel zu einem krassen Phänomen hin: Pollendiebstahl⬇️

Bumblebee conservation world-wide - Annual report on activities of the regional groups of the IUCN Bumblebee Sub Group for 2023 researchgate.net/publication/37… (photo of B. dahlbomii by Maxi Köpcke)

Rote Liste der Hummeln (Bombus spp.) Österreichs. umweltbundesamt.at/studien-report…

So glad I got to spend some time in Camosun Bog today with the bumble bees going crazy for the bog blueberry blossoms! #bcnativebees

By collaborating with the Hines Lab and Paul Williams, we deciphered the evolutionary history of the most colorful bumblebee mimicry complex in southeast Asia. Our study is just published on Science Advances, and more excitingly, our bee is on the COVER! Science Advances

Seems like "I've never seen so few bumblebees" is something I'll be saying a lot, for the rest of my bumblebee watching days. And it's always going to be true, I'm afraid. It's always going to be true.

10 a day keeps the doctor away! Bumblebees show remarkable consistency in their foraging breadth, regardless of species, site or season🐝What could be driving this behaviour? More in our new paper: rb.gy/gtrxvp with @NdeVere Ian Vaughan Laura Jones Applied Ecol. Resources|Ecol. Solutions & Evidence

North Uist had some stunning machair with superb bumblebees! Here is the amazing Great Yellow Bumblebee along with the Island forms of Moss Carder and Heath Bumblebee. Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Early morning on a cold mountainside in Montana meant a pile of sleepy bumblebees trying to perk up before heading to work. I love all the orange on these Western species 🍊😍

Bombus monticola, males. Cant Clough res, Burnley. My first males this year. Paul Williams Charlotte Rankin Bumblebee Conservation Trust Bumblebees etc.

たぶんエゾナガマルハナバチのオス。エゾトラ？とも思ったけど別角度の写真とか見てもエゾナガかなと。晴天ならマルハナバチのオスらしく毛がフサフサなんだろうな。 Bombus yezoensis

Viele 🌺 - viele 🐝 17 Hummelarten konnten am Steinberg nachgewiesen werden - Rekord für Südniedersachsen! Darunter sind noch recht verbreitete Arten wie die Felsen-Kuckuckshummel (Bombus rupestris), aber auch Seltenheiten wie B. subterraneus. Bumblebees etc. 📸 Uwe Mosthaf