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Victoria Mallinson

@victoriamallinson.bsky.social
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PhD Student in the Bee Behaviour, Ecology & Conservation Lab | University of Bristol 🌼 she/her linktr.ee/victoria_mallinson

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Victoria Mallinson @victoriamallinson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
It was an honour to present my work on cold snaps impacting bumblebee colonies at the IUSSI Global Congress in Freiburg! Thank you so much for having me @uissi-social.bsky.social and I can't wait for the next global congress in Cape Town 🐝🧡 #IUSSI26 #IUSSI2026 #socialinsects #bumblebeeresearch
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Victoria Mallinson @victoriamallinson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social representing at IUSSI Global Congress 2026 in Freiburg with some fantastic talks. We had such a brilliant time and so proud of everyone for showcasing their amazing research 🐝 @uissi-social.bsky.social #iussi2026
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Volker Nehring @volkernehring.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#IUSSI26 is almost over. Kind of sad..
Iussi Congress group photo
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Chelsea Cook @phdbee.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Wow - what an excellent talk by @victoriamallinson.bsky.social showing that cold snaps dramatically impact bumblebee colonies for several weeks! Impressive design and images to explain a sophisticated experiment! #IUSSI26
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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Lovely to have @itvnews.bsky.social West here today filming the lab and the bees 🐝
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Rachel Parkinson @rachelparkinson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
New paper: MetaBeeAI🐝 an AI pipeline for structured evidence extraction from biological literature A very fun project involving a large interdisciplinary group. I learned so much and am very happy to see this out! If you're interested in using it: metabeeai.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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MetaBeeAI: An AI pipeline for structured evidence extraction from biological literature
The volume and complexity of scientific literature are expanding rapidly, making it increasingly difficult to extract and synthesize information acros…
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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Only a few more days left to apply for this PhD position 🐝
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Victoria Mallinson @victoriamallinson.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Sleepy bees keeping themselves warm in the lab 💤 🐝 In the first phase of my next PhD project investigating interactions of cold snaps and pesticides on colony growth and recovery - watch this space! @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #bumblebees #bumblebeeresearch #pesticides #climatechange
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Victoria Mallinson @victoriamallinson.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
What a day in a bumblebee lab actually looks like 🐝 #bumblebees #pollinators #bumblebeeresearch #beebehaviour #beeecology #beeconservation
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ASAB Spring 2027 @asab-meetings.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
And #ASABSpring2026 is finished! A huge thank you to the organizer Sean Rands, his big group of volunteers, and Uni Bristol for hosting👏 Don’t forget ECBB (@ecbb2026.bsky.social) Sept 1-4 in Cambridge and our joint #ASABWinter2026 meeting with PSGB (@asabpsgb2026.bsky.social) Dec 8-10 in Edinburgh
Group of volunteers with Sean in the centre on a patio with a view of Bristol
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ASAB Spring 2027 @asab-meetings.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Another great talk session this morning at #ASABSpring2026 : We covered meerkat sunning calls, fish colour patterning, cricket insecticide exposure, moth same-sex sexual behaviours, cold snap and heatwave effects on bees & farm bird song learning ☀️🐠🦗🦋🥶 🥵🐦‍⬛
A collage of students in front of slides
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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Well done to both @victoriamallinson.bsky.social and Kath for presenting their research at #asabspring2026 @chrisleduck.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
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University of Bristol Biological Sciences @bristolbiosci.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
To celebrate Women in STEM day on Wednesday 11 February we’ve printed some banners to highlight some of the incredible work that the women of Bio Sci at Bristol have achieved over the years! Pop into the LSB for the remainder of Feb to check out who’s done what and when!
8 posters all describing influential women that have passed through Biological Sciences
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Bumblebee Conservation Trust @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Congratulations to @victoriamallinson.bsky.social for winning The Olivia Norfolk Prize for her research on the impact of spring cold snaps on bumblebee colonies. In 2026, Victoria, a Trust-supported PhD student, hopes to examine the impact of real cold snaps using the BeeWalk dataset.
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 26/01/2026
Find out more about the Annual Meeting prizes here👇
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Victoria Mallinson @victoriamallinson.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Thank you so much @britishecologicalsociety.org for such an amazing opportunity to present my work at the BES annual meeting, and I am absolutely over the moon to have won the Olivia Norfolk Poster Prize. It is such an incredible honour and I am so thankful for this recognition 🐝🩵
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 26/01/2026
The Olivia Norfolk Prize is awarded for the best poster presentation by a postgraduate student. Victoria won the prize for a poster communicating her research on how UK bumblebee colonies are affected by cold snaps in the spring.
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 26/01/2026
Congratulations to @cbunnenberg.bsky.social and @victoriamallinson.bsky.social for winning our 2025 Annual Meeting prizes!
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Tom Wenseleers @twenseleers.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Congrats also to Dylan Thatcher and Alexis Gkantiragas for winning the prize for best student talks and to Cassandra Uthoff and Annie Joseph for the being awarded with the best poster prizes.
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Christoph Grüter @chrisleduck.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Got my hands on this amazing social insects trump card game, developed by @elvarobinson.bsky.social & her team to support inclusion bursaries for IUSSI conferences. It even has my favourite bee 😍🐝! If you want your own, for fun, outreach or teaching: www.iussi-nweurope.org/edi
Trump cards game showing an image of a social insect and biological information
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Victoria Mallinson @victoriamallinson.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I am so proud to have presented my poster on cold snap effects on bumblebee colonies at the annual BES meeting in Edinburgh! Thank you so much for having me @britishecologicalsociety.org 🐝🩵
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Lauren Vane @laurenvane.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
☀️New Paper!☀️ In @ecol-evol.bsky.social Dwarf mongooses lose body mass in hot weather due to limited behavioural plasticity With top co-authors: @josharbon.bsky.social, Amy Morris-Drake, @juliekern.bsky.social, @andyradford.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71963 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social 🧵⬇️
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Dwarf Mongooses Lose Body Mass in Hot Weather due to Limited Behavioural Plasticity
Using long-term data from wild dwarf mongooses (Helogale parvula), we demonstrate that on hot days (≥ 35°C) compared to matched cooler ones (≤ 33°C), mongooses emerged and commenced foraging earlier ...
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Victoria Mallinson @victoriamallinson.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
One of the bumblebee colonies in my PhD project showing off their tags! The coloured circle tags are their identification tags, and the green square tags are their RFID tags to track their foraging efficiency in the field 🐝 #bumblebees #bumblebeeresearch
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Victoria Mallinson @victoriamallinson.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Bumblebees foraging on the Phacelia out at Fenswood 🐝🌸
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Victoria Mallinson @victoriamallinson.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
An interview article about my new paper with my co-author Dr Liam O'Reilly is out now in New Scientist! Give it a read for the bees 🐝🌸
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 26/05/2025
Electric signals from power lines discourage bees from landing on nearby flowers, and there is growing concern that this so-called “electric pollution” could be causing widespread disruption to insect behaviour.
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Honeybees are getting confused by electric pollution from power lines
Airborne electric fields similar to those from nearby power lines seem to have a dramatic effect on honeybee foraging, raising concerns about widespread impacts on pollinators
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scienceartnews.bsky.social @scienceartnews.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Congratulations to @victoriamallinson.bsky.social for her first research article 📚🔬🌹
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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
"Weak anthropogenic electric fields affect honeybee foraging" dlvr.it/TKvZJt @bristoluni.bsky.social @victoriamallinson.bsky.social‪, Fraser Woodburn, & Liam O’Reilly @cp-iscience.bsky.social
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Victoria Mallinson @victoriamallinson.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Excited to share that my first research article is now out in iScience: “Weak anthropogenic electric fields affect honeybee foraging” www.cell.com/iscience/ful... Huge thanks to my co-authors and supervisors for their support throughout! #pollinators #bees #ecology #electrosensory #beeresearch
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Weak anthropogenic electric fields affect honeybee foraging
Ecology; Entomology; Ethology
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Victoria Mallinson @victoriamallinson.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
One month later and all 16 flight cages are built and the Phacelia are coming along nicely. Only two weeks till the bumblebees arrive 🌸🐝 📷 Drone photos kindly taken by Tom Bennett from Bristol's Hot Robotics Facility
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Victoria Mallinson @victoriamallinson.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
11 out of 16 flight cages built and first signs of my Phacelia tanacetifolia coming through! A very successful first week in the field 🤩🐝🌸
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Victoria Mallinson @victoriamallinson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
First flight cages built for my first PhD project. 6 down and 10 to go - watch this space! 🌸🐝 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @swbiodtp.bsky.social
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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
First flight cage up for @victoriamallinson.bsky.social first PhD project. 16 more to go (and lots of planting) 🐝🌸🌻 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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Malin Tälle @malintalle.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
In our latest paper, me and my colleagues found that bumblebee abundance decrease with more arable land in the landscape. Reduced pesticide use, higher crop diversity and promoting floral resources and alternative bumblebee habitats could help limit these negative effects www.mdpi.com/3083388
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Bumblebee Abundance in Species-Rich Grasslands in Southern Sweden Decreases with Increasing Amount of Arable Land at a Landscape Level
Conservation of bumblebee populations is essential because of their role as pollinators. Declines in bumblebee abundance have been documented in recent decades, mostly attributed to agricultural inten...
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IUSSI-NWES @iussi-nwes.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
So many amazing student contributions at the #IUSSI24 meeting🔥🔥🔥 and in particular... ...huge congratulations to the winners of student prizes: 🏆Ellie Cooper Coombs (talk) 🏆Szymon Szymanski (talk) 🏆Charlotte Fryday (poster) 🏆 @victoriamallinson.bsky.social (poster) Thanks also to the judges!
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Victoria Mallinson @victoriamallinson.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Honoured to receive the Highly Commended Poster award at the IUSSI NW European Section Meeting 2024! My poster explored how anthropogenic electric fields affect honeybee foraging 🐝 Such a rewarding experience to share this work. Thank you to everyone at @iussi-nwes.bsky.social #IUSSI2024 #IUSSI24
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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Successful trip to #IUSSI2024 Tori, Ellie, and Szymon all winning prizes for their presentations 🐝🎉
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Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Lots of @bristolbiosci.bsky.social representation at #IUSSI2024
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