Buzz Pollination Group

Our paper on how biting helps during buzz pollination is free to read. Thanks to @UU_University for providing open access fees. Buzz-pollinating bees deliver thoracic vibrations to flowers through periodic biting: Current Biology cell.com/current-biolog…

We are advertising two new PhD scholarships investigating invasive bumblebee ecology in Tasmania using AI and radio telemetry. tinyurl.com/55cnxrd4 Join us at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment to study the benefits and risks posed by this globe trotting pollinator.

I am glad to share this recently published theoretical work showing that pollen release is affected by pore size and anther shape in buzz pollinated flowers!!! journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/1… #buzzpollination #buzzingbees #biophysics

Our new nature film “Bumblebees, shooting stars and buzz pollination in the wild” uses slow motion macro video to highlight ecology of buzz pollination in #bumblebees and green sweat bees. Plus cool scenes of queens mating, grooming & nest searching youtu.be/fQsnPAWQqcI PlsRT

@PollinatorCons and colleagues have put together an excellent video on buzz pollination in Primula (Dodecatheon). Check it out here: youtu.be/fQsnPAWQqcI

Head-banging bumble bees bite flowers to shake loose more pollen. Learn more: scim.ag/8ch @ScienceVisuals

Tangled webs & spider-flowers: #Phylogenomics, biogeography & seed morphology inform the evolutionary history of #Cleomaceae New #AJB research by @t_c_saunders, @ehroalson, @theplantpressAU, @elaine_francoso, @BillJBaker, @IsabelLarridon et al. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1… #botany

If you want to study buzz pollination, apply to a fully funded PhD studentship I am currently advertising for. Apply here before 18 September. uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

Very happy to see our recent paper on bee biting and buzz pollination covered in @ScienceMagazine. @HFSP @CharlieZoology science.org/content/articl…

Join us for a 4-year PhD studentship on 'Why does buzz pollination evolve?' We seek a student interested in evolution, pollination, and doing experiments with bees and flowers. You can read more and see how to apply here: plant-evolution.org/wp/2024/08/08/… Deadline: 18 Sep '24. Pls RT

What six-legged insects live in our cities? Join Entomology Curator, @MusingMollusc, for an online talk on the six-legged neighbours living in our cities!- #UrbanNatureMW #Entomology youtube.com/live/PotWMomis…

Why do bees bite flowers when buzz pollinating? Here, with @CharlieZoology and the @HFSP -funded team we show that biting helps bees to increase the amount of shaking applied to flowers, potentially releasing more pollen. Free access until 5 Oct! kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2…

Excited to share this work with @nicrodemo on buzz-pollination biomechanics. We show that flower biting behaviour is an effective strategy to transfer vibrations of the thorax to the flower via the head! 🐝💐 Find out more here: cell.com/current-biolog…

We dedicate our review on buzz pollination to my friend and long-term collaborator Paul De Luca, who sadly passed away last year. He was a wonderful person and a fantastic collaborator. He is much missed by all who met him. academic.oup.com/aob/article/13…

The Secret World of Sound documentary with David Attenborough is out! I loved helping filming buzzing bees on our Solanum flowers. But the best is hearing Attenborough talking about buzz pollination and for an instant sharing screen credits with one of my nature heroes!

Join the @pollinERA_eu team📣 On behalf of our @INCPoland (INC-PAS) colleague, we share an open #PhDposition on #pesticide-#pollinator interactions🦋 Workplace: INC-PAS & @JagiellonskiUni, Krakow, Poland📌 Learn more & apply here👇 projects.au.dk/fileadmin/rks.… #PollinERATakeOff

Do you like talking about bees and flowers? Do you like a sauna, a Belgian beer or a nice campfire? Then come join us for the annual SCAPE meeting in Belgium in October with this wonderful community :) :) :) Registr deadline 1 sept scape-pollination.org/scape-2023/ @SCAPE_Poll_Ecol

A fun and friendly meeting on pollination biology!

Join the #RussellLab @ABS2023 @AnimBehSociety in person or online! We've got some excellent talks from @Bombycoidea @annaliesenov @jen_k_bees and if you stick around to Saturday, I'll be giving a talk on how microbes affect (or don't affect) bumble bee cognition!

Bees creating a buzz! Vibrating pollinator behavior in the awesome talk by @nicrodemo at @SEBiology 2023