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Roger Schürch

@schuemaa.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in the Department of Entomology at Virginia Tech. My research is on mapping #HoneyBee waggle dances and airborne environmental DNA (#eDNA). I am interested in #Emacs, #Orgmode, and #Rstats. Also at @schuemaa@ecoevo.social.

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Andrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 20h
Professorship in Intelligence in Biological and Artificial Systems (salary level W3) at Osnabrück University www.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/universit...
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129 FB 8 W3 Professorship Intelligence in Biological and Artificial Systems, Institute of Cognitive Science: Uni Osnabrück
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Don Yee @mosquitolab.bsky.social · 17h
Posting for a colleague (so don't contact me for questions). North Carolina State is looking for a Assistant Professor in Insect Ecology. 💼🪰🐜🦋
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Jeremy Van Cleve @vancleve.theoretical.bio · 29/09/2026
My group is recruiting a Ph.D student for Fall 2027! We're a friendly group of mathematically-minded and computationally-inspired biologists studying topics including social evolution, host-pathogen interactions, genetics, and demography. See vancleve.theoretical.bio for more info!
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van cleve research group
Van Cleve Research Group – theoretical evolution & ecology at the University of Kentucky
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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We're hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Evolutionary Biology in our department at the university of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social Come work with us! careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant or Associate Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Houston, Texas, United States
Department: Biology and Biochemistry Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Houston seeks to hire an evolutionary biolog...
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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We're hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Evolutionary Biology in my department at the university of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social Come be my colleague careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant or Associate Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Houston, Texas, United States
Department: Biology and Biochemistry Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Houston seeks to hire an evolutionary biolog...
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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Well, that's refreshing, an ad for a luxury item that features stingless bees.
Ad for Rolex watches that features Rosa Vásquez Espinoza, a scientist who works with stingless bees, showing a headshot of her, and also a picture of her opening a hive with an indigenous Peruvian dude. There is also a picture of a watch.
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Come work here, it is a fun place and we would love to have you as our colleague: careers.amnh.org/postings/4923 #Lepidoptera #Insect #Entomology #AMNH
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Assistant Curator/Assistant Professor, Invertebrate Zoology
The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) seeks an outstanding tenure-track Assistant Curator/Assistant Professor with expertise in the evolution of Lepidop...
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Laura Ross @laurarossevo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My lab @ Edinburgh university is recruiting a postdoc to work on the weird and wonderful germline-specific chromosomes of flies. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... collaboration with @germline.bsky.social and yukiko yamashita funded by @novonordisk.bsky.social please repost!
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Christos C. Ioannou @ccioannou.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We're hiring... again! Lecturer in Bioinformatics, £51,753 - £58,225 per year Awesome city, awesome colleagues, awesome students. www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #bristoluni #wearebristoluni #biologicalsciences Please share widely!
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Are you into mathematical modelling of ecological and evolutionary systems? Look at this job ad for a senior lecturer in Lund. I've visited many times, splendid compact city, splendid department! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Senior Lecturer in Computational Biology
Lund University welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Gender equality, equal opportunities and diversity are fundamental principles in all parts of the University’s activit
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
📣 📣 📣 UPDATE: The 2026-2027 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resource! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I missed that @dradriansmith.bsky.social has a new video.
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These (AMAZING) bugs are not supposed to be here
YouTube video by Ant Lab
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Daniel Karp @dskarp.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I am recruiting a PhD student next year! If you want to work on conservation in working landscapes, consider applying. If interested, please fill out this Google Form in lieu of an email inquiry (forms.gle/1pMESJ5ME8uK...). Check out our website to learn more about us: karp.ucdavis.edu
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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 19/08/2026
Took a lab camping trip to celebrate the end of the field season and I had the chance to encounter not one but TWO hellbenders!! Which had been on my Appalachia bucket list for a while now. This guy was about 2 feet long! #nature #salamanders #Appalachia
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Sarah Whorley, Ph.D. 🦬⚔️ @dralgaegirl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Tenure Track job alert! We're hiring someone to teach Microbiology and Genetics! Know someone on the job market? Must have a PhD. Position is mostly teaching (65%) but research expected. Send them my way! Will have official ad details soon 🧪🦠🧬
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Chelsea Cook @phdbee.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
@nstroeymeyt.bsky.social is hiring! Collective behavior, disease, and social organization - if you’re looking for a PhD or postdoc! #IUSSI26
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Marianne Alleyne @cotesia.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Come be our colleague!!!! illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Job posting that reads: 

Assistant Professor

Insect Declines

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

 
The Department of Entomology and the School of Integrative Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invite applications from entomologists with research portfolios in which insect biodiversity loss is a key element, including understanding how anthropogenic stressors (such as land-use change, climate change, agriculture, invasive species, and pollution) are causing declines in insect abundance, biomass, species richness, or range size. Candidates whose work addresses amelioration of anthropogenic changes to species, populations, and people, and who are working to develop new strategies for insect and biodiversity conservation and long-term monitoring, are especially welcome to apply. We additionally encourage researchers who can build connections and expand research in understudied global regions.
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I am excited to announce a job for an Asst Prof in Plant Evolution in the dept. of Evolution and Ecology at @ucdavis.bsky.social. We're looking broadly, from macro (speciation, comparative genomics, evo-devo) to micro (pop biology, adaptive evolution, evo-eco). recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777
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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This is something I hadn't thought about explicitly before but now once you do, how could you ever willingly expose yourself to this risk?? "Using generative AI (for writing) inherently exposes to the risk of (potentially) career-ending accusations of plagiarism"
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? I’m looking for new grad students so check out our website (BobWongLab.org) or come find me in Torino at #ISBE2026. 🐟🐠
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I have started running Claude alongside the book I am writing on ants, as well as just letting Google Gemini do its thing at the top when I do Google search. It is not doing any writing I am using, and I am always checking the results against primary sources.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
My alma mater (College of the Atlantic) is hiring faculty in Field Ecology, Agroecology, and Chemistry. If you're looking for a very cool small liberal arts college on the coast of Maine with a strong environmental focus, check it out (happy to answer questions!): www.coa.edu/human-resour...
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Career Opportunities | College of the Atlantic
Career opportunities at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor Maine.
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Steve Voelker @thetreecorener.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A former grad student, Rachel Keen (not on Bluesky), is starting a tenure track position at Kansas State and is recruiting grad students to study the ecohydrology of grassland, shrubland and woodland transition ecosystems. She would be great to work for! rleasey.wixsite.com/keenecohydro...
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Keen Ecohydrology Lab | Rachel Keen
Our research in the Ecohydrology Lab focuses on interactions between ecological and hydrological systems in open ecosystems, including grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. Open ecosystems around the ...
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Nigel Raine @nigeleraine.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
New study, led by Ellen Richard, assessing the non-bee strawberry flower visiting community using #metabarcoding. Our results suggest that non-bee species make considerable contributions towards overall strawberry pollination services. Read in full @basicapplecol.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
Plant-flower visitor network diagram
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mister-chiply.bsky.social @mister-chiply.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I'm hosting August's #emacs carnival! The topic is "The Search for Knowledge". Check out the post for the topic and how to submit. www.chiply.dev/post-august-... #emacs #software #foss #programming #knowledge #knowledgeGraphs
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The Search for Knowledge: Emacs Carnival August 2026
This month I'd like to host the Emacs Carnival! I've been an enthusiastic participant for a while now. I wrote entries for May, June, and July (that last one ho...
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I am #hiring! In my group 📍Universität Zürich | University of Zurich & Eawag I have #two open #Postdoc #Positions, with application deadlines in early August 2026. 🧬 🦐 🐠🌐🌍 Here a quick reminder & 🧵with all details, thanks for 🔄 redistributing to interested candidates.
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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Associate/Full Professor- Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics- Integrative Biology, and Director- University of California Berkeley Herbaria, USA. #plantscijobs #plantscijob #plantsciencejob aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05405
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Associate/Full Professor- Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics- Integrative Biology, and Director- University of California Berkeley Herbaria
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Alexander Kotrschal @kotrschal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🐟🐠🐟🐠🐟🐠🐟🐟🐠🐟 Looking for a postdoc? Let's develop a proposal together: www.wur.nl/en/jobs/pers... Get in touch to discuss topics 🐟🐠🐟🐟🐠🐟🐟🐠🐟🐟🐠
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Tania Kim @taniakim.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Please repost: I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on projects related to understanding the movement ecology of harmful and beneficial insects in agroecosystems. Applications close on: July 31, 2026 To apply and for more information, visit: lnkd.in/g8gFeB3u
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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🧪🧵 🪰 🐜🪲🐞🦗🐛🦋🪳🦟 How many species of insect are there?  A seemingly simple question, but one that has been 'bugging' scientists for years.  Our work out today suggests that there are millions more than we had previously expected.  doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @gdfcf.bsky.social
This photo was taken in Area de Conservacion GuanacasteThis microgastrine wasp was named by co-author Jose Fernandez-Triana in honour of Costa Rican parataxonomist Roberto Espinoza in recognition of his contribution to understanding the plant biology of ACG.  The species is Snellenius robertoespinozai.  The image is Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) so can reused provided the original author (Jose Fernandez-Triana) and the source are properly cited.  The source is: Fernandez-Triana JL, Whitfield JB, Smith MA, Kula RR, Hallwachs W, Janzen DH (2015) Revision of the genera Microplitis and Snellenius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with a key to all species previously described from Mesoamerica. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 62(2): 137-201. https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.62.5276image of a Malaise trap in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste
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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Do any of you have an AI policy document for your lab group clearly stating expectations regarding student / postdoc use of LLMs in background research, coding, writing, reviewing, etc? I'd be interested in a model as we develop one.
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Roger Schürch @schuemaa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I am pleased to say that my promotion to associate professor with tenure has been made official today. Thanks to everyone who has supported me, especially the students whose hard work is part of that success. news.vt.edu/articles/202...
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Board of Visitors approves 2026 promotions, tenure, and continued appointments
The board approved the following promotions, tenure, and continued appointments.
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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
We are recruiting 🌟2 postdoctoral researchers🌟 for a NERC Large Grant project on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of badger - bovine tuberculosis (bTB) interactions.
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Sara Lipshutz (she/her) @jacanamama.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Interested in a PhD working on sexual selection in tropical shorebirds? I'm recruiting a student for Fall 2027! I'm happy to support an applicant writing a Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology & Evolution: www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
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Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
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Dara Stanley @darastanley.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
We're hiring! As part of the #InterPOLL project funded by @researchireland.ie we are recruiting two #PhD positions in bee ecology, and a #postdoc in bee molecular ecology. For more details and how to apply see here: www.stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd #phdlife #academicjobs
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Vacancies | ecology
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Elva Robinson @elvarobinson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Interested in ant ecology? Have molecular and bioinformatics experience? Come and join the team! 18-month post-doc position at University of York now live: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
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Jobs - The University of York
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Tomer J. Czaczkes @tomerczaczkes.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Some plants change the colour of flowers which were already pollinated, and are now rewardless. We thought perhaps they were using a behavioural economic trick - the decoy effect - to make the rewarded flowers appear more valuable. We were wrong. resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Left facet - a bumblebee on a multi-part flower, most of which are pink, two of which are yellow.
Right facet - a bumblebee in a lab on a multi-part artificial flower, most of which are purple, two of which are yellow.
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Maggie Couvillon @freelyflyingbees.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Some cool work that my (former, now fully minted) Ph.D. student @twoleglaura.bsky.social did on the impacts of herbicide on honey bee behavior and brains when she was in my lab. This study was published last year, but it got some renewed interest today. Great stuff, Laura! phys.org/news/2026-04...
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How a common herbicide affects honeybee brains and behavior
Cultivating flowering plants for pollinator gardens, commercial farms, or home landscapes often relies on the use of herbicides to manage unwanted weeds. Honeybees are attracted to these locations and...
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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Super interesting, from Prof. Jeff Ollerton: why should lawyers care about understanding pollinator declines? I couldn't have answered that, but Jeff explains and it's compelling. jeffollerton....
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Pollinator decline for legal professionals – a new article explains this complex and important issue
Oxford University Press recently commissioned me to write a piece for their Expert Essentials series, which is designed to give legal professionals an overview of complex topics that increasingly a…
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Jess Stephenson @jfstep.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I'm looking for a lovely, talented PhD student, working on my ERC-funded project investigating the links between sexual selection and epidemic dynamics. The project uses guppies, worms, behaviour tracking, big experiments, and maths.. email me! Must have a masters! su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
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Doktorand i sjukdomsekologi och partnerval
Zoologiska institutionen är en av de äldsta institutionerna vid Stockholms universitet med en lång historia av grundläggande och tillämpad forskning om djur, från leddjur till stora däggdjur. I
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Roger Schürch @schuemaa.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
If you are interested in bee immunology, come to Virginia Tech! Dr. Enakshi Gosh is hiring a post-doc. More details here: jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/postdoc...
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Postdoctoral Associate - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Job Description The Ghosh Lab is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Associate to work on a research project investigating immune priming and disease dynamics in bumble bees. The successful cand...
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Derek Hennen, Ph.D. @derekhennen.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Local bees are getting the spotlight!! I went out this weekend and found a lot of great mining bees, including one named Andrena nuda lololol
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Roger Schürch @schuemaa.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Spring is here, and with that the mining bees have emerged. We are trying out our airborne eDNA sampling in an aggregation that is close to campus. Concentration of airborne eDNA is LOW, so please wish us luck!
A bee is sitting at the entrance of a burrow she has dug from the beige soil. Her head is facing the camera, the two black antenna are blurred at the tip as they leave the plane of focus. The two large compound eyes and the mouth parts are visible. Behind that, slightly out of focus, we can also see the dark legs with light hairs and the thorax, almost completely covered in hair. Around her are the clumps of soil from the the excavation of the burrow. A gray, rugged, plastic box is set in the middle of a meadow. The box is at the center of the image. On the right of the box, we can see a white air inlet. Right of the box is a red surveyor flag. We can see green grass blades, but also brown grass from the previous year around the box and flag. In between the flag and the box, if we zoom in, we can make out a bee in flight. The bee has a dark-brown abdomen with brighter stripes.
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Lars Chittka @larschittka.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
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Bee Dancing is Better with the Right Audience
The honey bee “waggle dance” is an advanced form of animal communication that conveys critical information about food sources. A new study finds that the performing bee is not simply broadcasting a pr...
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Maggie Couvillon @freelyflyingbees.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
We are searching for a new Department Head of Entomology at Virginia Tech. Come work in lovely Blacksburg with some pretty cool people and spectatular students. Please repost and spread the word. Review Date 4/26/26. jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/profess...
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Professor and Department Head, Entomology - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Job Description Virginia Tech seeks applications and nominations for the position of Professor and Head of the Department of Entomology, a tenured twelve-month academic and administrative appointmen...
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Leo Fordham @leofordham.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
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Maggie Couvillon @freelyflyingbees.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
A New Toy for Serious Science Allows for Individual Honey Bee Forager Tracking. Read about exciting work from Stentiford, Harrap et al. from the Straw lab that delivered a decisive one–two punch to the long-standing challenge of tracking foraging honey bees. authors.elsevier.com/a/1mkeE3QW8S...
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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Scientists: for a new story, I have one big question—> What is a “good day” in the lab? I’m looking for epic examples of the best day ever to general criteria for what constitutes a “good day” compared to a nothing-burger day. Ping me if you have examples to share! Re-posts appreciated!
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Andrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Using our bee-tracking drone, we discovered that honey bees 🐝 have highly precise and individual routes. Now published at @currentbiology.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
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