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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

New study with @maureenpage.bsky.social @jsfrancis.bsky.social et al finds that honeybee competition reduces the nutritional quality of wild bee pollen diets 🐝 But, including high-protein plant species in wildflower plantings can partially mitigate these negative effects 🧪🌍 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Avery Russell @draverbee.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Did you know social bees eat pollen directly at flowers while foraging? New pub in Apidologie - we investigate function of pollen eating on flowers, and potentially link it to quality assessment! Work w/ students & @annieleonard.bsky.social @jsfrancis.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

Oh no I wish you had been here - I would have loved to meet in person Weer you giving a seminar? I am right across the street in the FAU building!

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 01/04/2024

As a newcomer to this ecosystem I can see how one could love it!

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 29/03/2024

What gives us #PlantJoy? Giving you a few more days to get those abstracts in! The Botany 2024 early-registration discount and abstract submission deadlines have BEEN EXTENDED to APRIL 5th! www.botanyconference.org

This image talks about the extension of the deadline for Botany 2024 early registration and abstract submission to April 5. The URL code goes to: http://botanyconference.org.

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 30/03/2024

Four more days to procrastinate now!

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 30/03/2024

My favorite of these is Lupinine (among other alkaloids) made by the Lupins from lysine! The nitrogens are extra scary because they help it block the binding sites of neurotransmitters. The flowers sure are pretty though!!!

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 30/03/2024

Abstracts now due on Friday!

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

Boosting because we are still searching, abstracts are due Monday! 🪴🌾🌎🌼

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 01/03/2024

We are looking for early-career chemical ecology folks who want to participate in a symposium at botany. Hoping to have a vibrant and diverse representation of grad students, post-docs, and pre-tenure faculty. Is this you, or someone you know? Have them reach out to me! #botany #plant-sciences

monkshood flower with with glass tube collecting nectar

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

An important note is that much of this was learned with the help of others on Bsky and not on Bsky (mentioned in the post). @draverbee.bsky.social, @annieleonard.bsky.social

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

My next blog posts on pollination ecology techniques is up. It covers some tips for pollen collection I learned during my dissertation, as well as some discussion of quantifying pollen rewards. I'd love to hear about others' experiences. jacobsfrancis.com/pollen-colle... 🌾🪴🌎🌼 #pollination #botany

A gloved hand holding a potentilla flower over a vial

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

or - for example - the transpirational/metabolic cost of maintaining flowers might out weigh the signaling benefit in certain abiotic conditions.

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

I always wondered whether this strategy might be favored in certain ecosystems or when interacting with certain pollinators. For example the resolution of vertebrate eyes may be higher than bees for example, and so there may be less pressure to have a big visual display.

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

If I remember right there are herbivory differences among color morphs also?

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

I am hiring a post-bac lab coordinator - this person will be the first official member of the lab besides me and will have the opportunity to be a part of many upcoming research projects from their inception! Job Ad here: fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FAU/jo...

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

I recently got a question about sampling nectar, and was reminded of this quick blog post I did this summer about tips and tricks for new pollination ecologists. I will be working on more of these once 2 pressing MS are off my plate! jacobsfrancis.com/tips-on-samp... 🌾🌎🪴🌼 #botany #pollination

Aconitum flower with a small glass tube protruding from the flower

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Dino Sbardellati @phagebeelicious.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

Hey science friends! Ever wonder what the phage community of bumble bees look like? Or how to best sample host-associated phage communities? Check out our new preprint! Turns out that the bumble bees we sampled hosted extraordinarily low diversity phage communities, relative to honey bees. 🐝🦠🧪

biorxiv.org

Targeted Viromes and Total Metagenomes Capture Distinct Components of Bee Gut Phage Communities

bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

Couldn't handle having COVID and needing a haircut so went straight to the 1/16th buzz. We will see how my 17 moth old handles it as I have had hair since she was born!

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Neil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

Have you ever dreamed of running a field station, working with scientists, students, and artists? Check out our search for Reserve Director at the UC Berkeley Sagehen Creek Field Station, in the beautiful Tahoe/Truckee area of the Sierra Nevada! Closing date: 3/2/24. tinyurl.com/SagehenCreek

A photo of the sun setting over the Sagehen Creek basin and a broad conifer forest.

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

Botany 2024 is gonna be a blast!

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

The Botany 2024–Resilience in a Changing World - Regional Botany Special Lecturer will be Kaya DeerInWater. Kaya is a member of the Citizen Band of Potawatomi, and is pursuing his Master's degree in Biocultural Restoration at SUNY-ESF in Syracuse, New York. botanyconference.org/speaker-bios...

This is a photo of Botany 2024 Regional Botany Special Lecture speaker, Kaya DeerInWater. To learn more about Kaya, visit http://botanyconference.org/speaker-bios.html.

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

Back in California finishing up some lab work. The good news is you don't immediately forget how to do wet-lab work when you start as a PI. But, I feel like I should start doing DNA extractions once a month and track the decline in my ability to move small colorless liquids as time goes by.

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 26/01/2024

I am now wondering whether it would be a blessing o a curse to have a sense of smell as good as some insects' olfaction. In most cases it would be fine, but the bad could be really bad!

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 25/01/2024

Do you think the smell is plant generated or microbe generated? I spent some time studying celastrus before becoming interested in pollination, but never smelled the flowers.

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

This mirrors my last couple of years in too many ways to count. Glad you have figured out some solutions, thanks for sharing this.

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

I'd love to join: scholar.google.com/citations?us...

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

Been Quiet for a couple of months because in deep on starting the new lab! The room is completely cleaned out finally, and it is time to start amassing the things we need to do some science!

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

This is the one we ended up getting down here. I dont have any photos of it fully stocked, only the one from the seller, but I'll have to take one!

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

We just moved into a place with so little kitchen storage and had to buy a china cabinet to store all of the mugs, tea bowls, and tea pots. It has been really nice having a rotating selection of our favorite pots on display!

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

The best way to see a new ecosystem in my mind. Faster than walking so you can cover some ground and get a sense of beta diversity, but slow enough to actually see things.

Cockpit view of a fatbike riding down a two-track gravel road in S.Florida.

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

A shop in reno gave you a one hour access code every time you bought coffee.

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

I just saw my first reference to "Grok" and was like - a pro football player woke... nice.

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

The two biggest things we miss from Davis - the student farm CSA and the Cosumnes.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

My friend and fellow conservation scientist Sheila has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, and her partner is quitting his job to take care of her. If you can spare any funds to help their family, I and they would appreciate it. @savewildbees.bsky.social

gofundme.com

Support Sheila Colla Through Cancer Treatment, organized by Anna Penner

There is a good chance that you already know Sheila Colla: she is a brillia… Anna Penner needs your support for Support Sheila Colla Through Cancer Treatment

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Right - We finally have sun in S. Florida today and I didn't realize what I had been missing.

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

If you are out here sending 3.5 page long letters of recommendation for a small travel grant for a trainee... please don't.

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

Caupolicana floridana; a pretty Florida endemic bee, sighted doing serious bee things near Lake Placid last fall 🧡🌿

Hovering bee, with a bright orange fuzzy thorax and black and white banded abdomen

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

how on earth with that photo!?

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Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

Our preprint on the very cool, very weird (ant-like??) microbiome of the solitary bee Anthophora bomboides is up on bioRxiv !! Its overwhelmingly dominated by Actinobacteria and one fungus (Moniliella spathulata)-- but only in the brood cell... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A bright yellow-orange prepupa sits inside an opened brood cell (made of dirt). The inside wall of the brood cell has white streaks (the fatty lining that it just ate most of) and orange spots of fungi are also growing on the walls.

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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

My whirlwind two week visit to the US has ended, happy to see my mentors, collaborators, and colleagues at #EntSoc23. But my fav thing about the conference is by far the memes of Corteva Man.

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Jake Francis @jsfrancis.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Climate Change Ecologist position in the biology department at Florida Atlantic University: fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FAU/de... We have been in S. Florida for almost 2 months, and have loved the outdoor opportunities. The department has a bunch of new hires, and everyone is super friendly!

fau.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

Assistant Professor - Climate Change Ecologist

Apply now to join FAU on its race to excellence. For more information on everything FAU has to offer, please visit www.fau.edu/jobs. Note: Current FAU employees must apply as an internal applicant by ...

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