Sofia Dartnell

Thank you so much @Jamie_C_Weir ! It was delightful speaking about my recent cuckoo behavioral choice experiments at #Ento24 @RoyEntSoc

The workshop will be running again next summer and I would highly encourage anyone interested to apply! models4data2theory.github.io

What a joy it was to be back at @RockyMtnBioLab this week diving into the mathematical side of plant-pollinator interactions and discussing how to best integrate theory with data. Thank you to Professors @fevaldovinos , Berri Brosi, and Mark Novak for your time and expertise!

The snail shell nesting Osmia orientalis is more efficient at pollinating strawberries than honeybees - they just need somewhere to nest so Ikuo Kandori reports the use of 3D printed snail shells. @ice2024kyoto_jp #ICE2024

Whole-#genome resequencing of 77 wild & domestic Bombus terrestris 🐝 #bumblebees from #Asia & #Europe: genetic differentiation, substantial trait differences, demographic analyses show Ne variation with climate change, #gene selection for Asian habitats biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Bumble bees 🐝are assumed to be monogamous. What are the consequences of violations of this assumption for colony abundance estimations? In this study, we explore this question in Bombus impatiens. Led by @sydthebirdy academic.oup.com/jee/article/do…

Join us! We are looking for a PT technician to support the Agroecology lab @CamZoology, working on #pollinator conservation for 3 years, with the @RestPoll project. Apply by 28 August 2024. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47643/

Honeybees as workers in a bumblebee colony ... what kind of cross-species interactions happen? New paper by @EricRomeroVet et al. in @Apidologie. Drawing by Meredith Johnson @MeliponiniMere link.springer.com/article/10.100…

1/3 to 2/3 of crop systems studied worldwide would produce higher yield if they had more pollinators (ie, suffer from pollinator limitation). Just published by lab postdoc Katie Turo in Nature Ecology & Evolution - read it here rdcu.be/dMB0x

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

New study by Juliette Rubin and others showing that #MoonMoth tails are driven by #bat predation. Interestingly, seasonal temperature variation has exerted a nearly equally counterbalancing constraint on hindwing length. #LunaMoth #MoonMoth #evolution biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

Can #bumblebee queens endure periods of inundation while overwintering underground? New Biology Letters paper from Dr. @SabRondeau suggests that hibernating queens can survive up to 1 week submerged under water: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2… #OpenAccess #Pollinators @RSocPublishing

Yesterday at 2pm the first honeybee (Apis mellifera) in this species’ evolutionary history managed to pull a string for reward. They are much harder to train than bumblebees, though!

It's finally here! Our new paper, out now in Nature. It's one small step for a bumblebee... and a big leap for human understanding of their cognitive capabilities. With @LChittka , @AmandaRoyka , and others!! nature.com/articles/s4158…

A new study by the lab shows heat response in bumble bees is impacted by many factors: Variance in heat tolerance in bumble bees correlates with species geographic range and is associated with several environmental and biological factors onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

New paper, new knowledge 🐝 Nice study led by @LauraJonesEco published in @Ecol_Evol We quantified heat tolerance and pathogen infections in 14 populations of squash #bee populations and found that... 🧵 @agsciences @huckinstitutes @USDA_NIFA @NSF onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Excited to be in Coimbra, Portugal for #ECOFLOR2024 ! I’m sharing my recent research assessing our current understanding of bumblebee parasites and their fitness impacts. Come say hello during the poster session!

Insects as indicators of Key #Biodiversity Areas: doi.org/10.1111/icad.1… #OpenAccess #Bumblebees #Hymenoptera @WileyEcolEvol

Amazing behavioural flexibility here, and a healthy antidote to the notion that bees acquire their nutrition by hardwired behaviours

Thrilled to have an article about my cuckoo bumblebee research featured in this season’s issue of Buzzword magazine from @BumblebeeTrust 🐝