Pleased to share our latest paper on pollinator thermoregulation and microclimate use is now out! 🐝🦋🪰 Pollinators dynamically track desirable temperatures in both natural and artificial microclimates. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

Calling for your paper for the upcoming collection Pollinators under pressure: ecology, evolution, and environmental change! 🐝🦇🦋 I’m excited to be serving as a Guest Editor for the collection and am eager to read your submission! Learn more about the collection and how to contribute: bit.ly/4ucyP6I

📖 Published 📖 AutoPollS: A tool for automated monitoring of pollinators using deep learning🧪 An open-source system for automated, image-based monitoring of flower-visiting insects🐝 🌸 🌍 buff.ly/fdtN0x5

Excited to share that our paper, led by Matt Smith (@ IIT) describing how to create and use automated pollinator camera traps, AutoPollS, is now out in the world: doi.org/10.1111/2041... w/ @jamescrall.bsky.social @brianspiesman.bsky.social @jhemberger.bsky.social

Shocked to report that my first bumble bee of the season was a rusty patched queen! What a delightful surprise

PhD opportunity in Prague, Czech Republic, to study reproductive skew in Xylocopine bees!

whoa, so fascinating!

James Gilbert@jdjgilbert.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨New #behavioural #mimicry paper out in Proc B!🚨 In which we show that hoverflies have evolved to prefer the flower colour choices of their #bee models instead of their #fly relatives. Conversation article here: theconversation.com/natures-grea... Paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Bernauer lab takes on #entsoc25 in Portland! Sharing all our latest work on bumblebees and cranberry pollination! 🐝

For #EntSoc2025 folks interested in insect responses to extreme weather, Neal Williams and I are hosting a session, "Hot Bees" in D133/134. We'll focus the methods and tools we can use to understand how heat waves impact wild pollinators across ecological scales. Join us! 🌡️🐝💨🌼

Stylidium eriopodum - commonly called the Boomerang Triggerplant Like all Triggerplants, this plant has a floral column on a sensitive trigger which reacts to the flower being touched and coats any visiting #pollinators in pollen. Endemic to WA #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature

Check out our latest publication on volatile-mediated interactions between plants and insect herbivores, pollinators, and natural enemies!! Here, we review the literature on volatile multifunctionality and propose new ideas for sustainable insect management.

Olivia Bernauer, PhD@oliviabernauer.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Excited to share my latest publication with @entothompson.bsky.social and Emily Russvage. Here, we reviewed how plants leverage multifunctional volatiles to mediate plant-insect interactions simultaneously with multiple insect groups in agroecosystems. Check it out! 🌿🐛🐝🐞 doi.org/10.1093/ee/n...

Excited to share my latest publication with @entothompson.bsky.social and Emily Russvage. Here, we reviewed how plants leverage multifunctional volatiles to mediate plant-insect interactions simultaneously with multiple insect groups in agroecosystems. Check it out! 🌿🐛🐝🐞 doi.org/10.1093/ee/n...

Making “scents” of how plant volatiles influence agriculturally important insects: a review

Abstract. Plants emit hundreds, if not thousands, of different volatile chemical compounds, although the function of most individual volatiles remains elus

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Curious about the current happenings in the Bernauer Pollinator Conservation lab? Check out our latest blog post by UW-EC undergraduate researchers on Which bumble bees are in Eau Claire? 🐝 www.oliviabernauer.com/post/which-b...

Which bumble bees are in Eau Claire?

Hello! Kinsley and Orlean here, We are the bumble bee surveying team here with updates about how our research went over the summer in Eau Claire, WI. For starters, the weather over summer was very int...

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The new #NSF #GRFP application now excludes 1000’s of students, including those who were told they could apply this year, or who planned to apply next year. We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

Jason “Obstacle to Progress” Williams@jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

Tl;dr = No. www.science.org/content/blog...

Can ChatGPT help science writers?

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I would like to take this opportunity to remember Melissa Hortman, a serving Democratic politician assasinated by a right-winger.

AMNH is hiring a #curator! We are searching for an “Assistant Curator in #Climate #Physics: #Atmosphere or #Ocean”! Join us! careers.amnh.org/postings/4579 #academicjobs #tenuretrack

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

Hey #ento folk- any ideas on what might be eating these tomatillos? Eau Claire, WI, found late August 2025. Thanks in advance!

Fresh global-analysis admirably lead by @eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social (+ @oliviabernauer.bsky.social PhD data) indicates native bee pollination services leads to higher-quality apples = improved weight & seed set. How do you like them apples? 🍎 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Global synthesis of apple pollination research highlights general pollen limitation and positive contributions of wild bees compared to honeybees

Our study highlights that pollen limitation is common in this global crop. While managed honeybees are dominant pollinators, a diverse community of wild bees contributes significantly to apple pollin...

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Shocked and sad and amazed to see my first live spotted lanternfly in our own backyard (Chicago). Gorgeous animal—I wasn’t prepared for how beautiful it was. 🥲 Squashed and reported on @inaturalist.bsky.social

Do you like safe food? Agricultural innovations? Informed farmers? Reminder to voice your opinion about the restructuring of the USDA to the USDA and to your elected officials if you have not yet done so. www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨 @standupforscience.bsky.social Day 6! Leave a public comment opposing the repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding. ✍️ Comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/EP... 🧠 Learn more here: www.cnn.com/2025/08/03/p... 🌿 Here is a script (copy and paste alt text for ease!) #31days

absolutely wild to think about how much better off we'd be if we just believed girls and women

Colors of summer

Everybody working on social insects: the IUSSI has a fancy new website and they're building a map of all the labs that focus on social insects. Is this you? Add yourself to the map: www.socialinsects.org/map IUSSI = International Union for the Study of Social Insects

I think I'll always have a soft spot for cool citizen science, not only because I love contributing to iNaturalist, but because my master's research involved conducting citizen science. Go document your world! 🦦🌾🪸🪰🦜 iNaturalist accelerates biodiversity research url: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

iNaturalist accelerates biodiversity research

Abstract. Participatory citizen science is expanding, with iNaturalist emerging as one of the most widely used platforms globally. However, its application

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Feeling so lucky to have had the opportunity to meet many endangered Karner blue butterflies today. Such a little, beautiful thing flittering by. Also saw many other lovely pollinators 🦋🐝🌻

Our new paper published today in Current Biology shows that immediate international cooperation is needed to conserve the eastern North American monarch butterfly. www.cell.com/current-biol...