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Amanda Liczner, PhD

@bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral researcher at Western University, Canada Investigating the impacts of vertical infrastructure on migratory songbirds Bumble Bee Behaviour and Conservation

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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Patagonia is a land of superlatives, including a bumblebee so large it's known as the flying mouse. But the giant Patagonia bumblebee's size is no match for the domesticated, nonnative bees being brought in for industrial agriculture. Read more in our latest feature by @judeisabella.bsky.social
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The Unwilding of Patagonia’s Pollinators  | bioGraphic
In a region synonymous with wilderness, native bumblebees are being replaced by industrial worker bees—and ecosystems are paying the price.
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Why do the typos always appear after you hit send?!
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Blake Lively's Cringe Moment
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Not every striped pollinator is a bee #hoverflies #pollinators #Syrphidae
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Entomological Society of Ontario @entsocontario.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The Toronto Entomologists' Association is holding its annual Student Symposium on March 28, 2026 1pm! Graduate students, senior undergraduates and postdoctoral fellows are eligible to present a talk and apply for the Glenn Richardson Award. Visit www.ontarioinsects.org/symposium/ for more info!
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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a man wearing glasses and a vest says " mouthing " so jealous
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The Weather Network @weathernetwork.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Speaking with reporters Monday, B.C. Premier David Eby said the province is permanently adopting daylight time, starting Sunday, March 8. ow.ly/9E0T50Yol4s
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BC ends time changes: Will switch to permanent daylight time - The Weather Network
A 2019 public consultation found 93 per cent of B.C. respondents were in favour of ending the time change.
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Paul Williams @paulwilliamsnhm.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Bumblebees of the Asian steppes - Sibiricobombus - our latest global revision of a bumblebee subgenus out today: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Bombus sibiricus
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John M. Mola @johnmola.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
New USDA AFRI funding opportunities are posted. I'm keen on getting a new postdoc in the lab, so if anyone is interested in working on a postdoc proposal together, let me know! www.nifa.usda.gov/sites/defaul...
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term www.gov.uk/government/p...
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The value of public R&D
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
🎉🎉🎉
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Nature-friendly farming boosts both biodiversity and crop yields — but scaling it up may need more government subsidies to become as profitable as intensive agriculture, a new study led by UKCEH and @rothamsted.bsky.social has found www.ceh.ac.uk/press/nature... 🧵🧪 1/
Wildflowers in an in-field strip in an arable field
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Bumble bees are out in southern Ontario!
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
proportional representation just makes more sense! #cdnpoli #election2025
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 25/03/2025
If you're wondering how your priorities stack up with the parties' plans, CBC has a quick tool that will help you figure that out! And ICYMI, yes 🇨🇦 citizens can vote even if we don't live in Canada. Here's how: travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
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Vote Compass - 2025 Canadian Federal Election
Use this interactive survey designed by political scientists to calculate your alignment with the candidate platforms.
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
My two spring moods: Yay spring is coming, and bumble bees will be here soon 😃 (my fave season, gardening, fave animals) and oh my god spring is coming, bumble bees will be here soon 😱 (oh crap I am not ready for the field season)
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 15/03/2025
Proportional representation doesn’t just change how many seats a party wins, but where. Whether you're a Liberal in rural Alberta or a Conservative in downtown Toronto, you get the representation you vote for. That's why we love PR-it bridges our divides. #cdnpoli
Image showing a comparison from the 2021 Federal Election. On the left, text states that over 300,000 Albertans voted Liberal, resulting in 2 seats. On the right, it states that over 290,000 Torontonians voted Conservative, resulting in 0 seats. Below, a message reads: "Proportional Representation ensures every voice is heard in our democracy." The Fair Vote Canada logo appears at the bottom.
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John Stinchcombe @johnstinchcombe.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Our department (@EEBUofT) is searching for a Post-Doc! Post-docs funded by this fellowship are independently supported, with research funds available. We invite applications from innovative, collaborative candidates. See the job ad here: eeb.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u...
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 14/03/2025
Thank you, @jpedneault.bsky.social, for calling for party cooperation ahead of the federal election and highlighting how first-past-the-post twists and distorts our democracy. It’s time for proportional representation. #cdnpoli
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 13/03/2025
76% of Canadians support electoral reform—so why are our leaders ignoring it? @canadiangreens.bsky.social MP @morricemike.bsky.social is calling proportional representation, but partisan roadblocks stand in the way. It's time to make every vote count! #cdnpoli #onpoli
A CityNews article titled "Local Green MP pushing hard for electoral reform" features a photo of Green Party MP Mike Morrice speaking in Parliament. The article discusses his advocacy for proportional representation and a citizens' assembly on electoral reform, highlighting that 76% of Canadians support the change.
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 12/03/2025
Again and again, research constantly shows that bike lanes make traffic safer for all road users, including drivers. And now it’s become clear that the provincial government’s own research has come to the same conclusion. www.thestar.com/news/gta/for...
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Ford government’s own research warned that removing Toronto bike lanes may not ease congestion, may make roads less safe
The documents, which include confidential briefings and a government-commissioned engineering report, show that the government was warned that its plan to remove bike lanes on Toronto’s main thoroughf...
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 12/03/2025
Every Canadian deserves a voice in our democracy. Let’s make every vote count by adopting proportional representation—where seats match votes. No more wasted votes. No more distorted outcomes. #cdnpoli #ProportionalRepresentation
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Yves Brun lab @brunlabcaulo.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Please repost: Postdoc position in antibiotic discovery in a large multidisciplinary project combining high-throughput approaches, microscopy, AI, and hit-to-lead optimization at @umontreal.ca and @mila-quebec.bsky.social. Apply to ML.Antibiotics@gmail.com. See lnkd.in/dVVk4N3s. #microsky
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Jarek Pachocki OMI @jarekpach.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Ontario Election Day is today… Take responsibility and vote! 🗳️ We have what we have because too many stayed home on election day. 🤷🏻‍♂️ In June 2022, Ontario saw a record low turnout—only 43.53% of eligible voters cast their ballots. Let’s do better. Democracy works best when we all show up! #onpoli
An advertisement for elections in Ontario on February 27, 2025
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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
No voter card? No problem! Here’s what you can use instead to vote.
If you don't have a voter information card, bring one piece of ID with both your name and home address.
Government-issued
• Ontario driver's licence
• Ontario motor vehicle permit (plate or vehicle portion)
• Ontario photo card
• Property assessment notice from Municipal Property
Assessment Corporation
• Child tax benefit statement
• Income tax notice of assessment
• Social Insurance Number confirmation letter
• Statement of Employment
Insurance Benefits Paid T4E
• Statement of Old Age
Security T4A (OAS)
• Any document showing both your name and home address issued by the Government of Canada/Ontario
Educational or financial
• School admission letter
• School transcript or report card
• Tuition/fees statement
• Bank account or credit card statement
• Cancelled personalized cheque
• Cheque stub, pay receipt or
T4 issued by a person's employer
• Insurance statement
• Residential mortgage, lease, or rental statement
• Signed loan or financial agreement with a financial institution
• Document showing campus residence issued by the office or officials responsible for student residence at a post-secondary institution
Other
• CNIB card or card from another registered charitable organization that provides services to persons with disabilities
• Hospital records showing a person's name and home address
• Letter of Confirmation of
Residence
• Utility bill (hydro, water, gas, telephone, cable TV, public utilities commission)
• Property tax assessment or bill from a municipality in
Ontario
• Any other document showing both your name and home address issued by:
• a municipality
• a government agency
• or certified by a court in
Ontario
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
While out canvassing yesterday I was concerned by the number of ppl who didn't know they could vote without a voter card or registering! Let's help spread the word. www.elections.on.ca/en/voting-in... #onpoli
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ID to vote in provincial elections
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ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
You do NOT need to your Voter Card to VOTE!!! Just bring IDs! Go VOTE!!! #onpoli #cdnpoli
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Olivier Honnay @olivierhonnay.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
New paper out on biodiversity in apple farming led by @robind6.bsky.social. Organic farming had rather limited benefits for local biodiversity as compared to conventional farming, and effects were inconsistent across taxa. Semi-natural habitats were more important for biodiversity conservation.
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
#onpoli
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Advance polls open today in Ontario! Check where you can vote here: voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/election/...
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Elections Ontario
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
We need a caring Ontario 💚 #ONdebate #ONpoli
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
What about the fact that we didn't need this early election? #ONdebate #ONpoli
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#ONdebate #ONpoli
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Ford keeps talking about keeping the economy moving, yet we have 80,000 homeless, most food bank usage, and people obviously struggling. So is this what he thinks a moving economy is?
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Love that Mike Schreiner for @ontariogreens.bsky.social is always cordial and has an obviously collaborative attitude #ONDebate #ONPoli
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
So glad they are talking about post secondary. The financial situation with our universities is dire #onpoli #ondebate
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The condescension from Ford is really annoying #ondebate #onpoli
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
How about trains before tunnels #ONdebate
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David Green, PhD @ecologistgreen.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
When anyone, anywhere, can point to a published article from a predatory journal or even a preprint and say it backs their claims, we’re in real trouble. We desperately need to make “peer-reviewed” actually mean something again. 🧪 #AcademicSky #ScientificPublishing
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The Scientific Literature Can’t Save Us Now
You can cite peer-reviewed research in support of almost any claim, no matter how absurd.
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
"disable your ad blocker"
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a woman in a blue dress with the words " when i am cold in my grave "
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Proportional representation!
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Yay support for more train service!
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
At a candidates meeting for the #onpoli election. I wish candidates focus on reasons to vote for something rather than something to vote against
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Here. Have a baby flamingo.
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Proportional representation is really the only logical way elections should be determined!
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.
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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Be like a bee Peaceful, working for the good of the nest and the environment That is until, they, or their nestmates are unjustly perturbed. If then, They find their stinger. 🍁 #cdnpoli #uspoli #tariffs
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Fiona Mathews @fionamathews.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The Motus radiotracking network is growing! Inspirational pan-European meeting yesterday, glimpsing the secret lives of tiny #bats & #birds: yellow-browed warblers moving from Netherlands ➡️ UK; Nathusius' pipistrelle bats going the other way. @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @birdscanada.bsky.social 🦇 🌍
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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
SUCH good news... #neonics #neonicotinoids #pollinators
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 25 During hibernation #bumblebee queens avoid freezing to death by producing glycerol which acts like antifreeze preventing water in their bodies turning into ice crystals. ‘Nature never breaks her own laws.’ - da Vinci #bees #nature 🌍🐝
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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 25/01/2025
This is huge! Potential way to fight antibiotic resistant infections by depriving bacteria of zinc. 🦠🔬🧪🩺
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