Tovah Kashetsky

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Cognitive tasks could be biased towards generalists: a lesson from wild non-eusocial #bees. In this work, led by @TovahKashetsky, specialist bees were more hesitant to continue interacting with novel stimuli. Check out the full #OA paper in @BehavEcol: doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

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

Great that @TovahKashetsky 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

I’m obsessed with this student advertising his defense

🚨🐝 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

#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!

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…

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

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

We have these signs on the side of the boxes, and the box was completely disassembled. I’m just curious as to why? What did my bees every do to you?? 😢

Has anyone ever had their field site sabotaged? Luckily no bees were in this nestbox, or the one that was stolen last month

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 @circulareconomy

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

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…

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

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

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

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

@cwlogan13 @DJMoffinz Leafcutter bees line their nests with the leaves, they use it as insulation

@DJMoffinz @TovahKashetsky I wonder if they use them the same way as the ants. I know there's termite species that do, and their fungus actually sprouts mushrooms, and they can be eaten

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