Spotlight on Bombus vestalis 🐝 This cuckoo bumblebee invades Buff-tailed Bumblebee nests, letting host workers raise its young 🌎 🧪 Join @sofiadartnell.bsky.social on 21st July for a FREE entoLIVE webinar: 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1973162765... #bumblebees

Not your average bumblebee! 🐝 Cuckoo bumblebees invade other bees’ nests and let their workers raise the next generation. Join @sofiadartnell.bsky.social on 21st July for a FREE entoLIVE on the ecology of these remarkable parasites 🌎 🧪 Reserve your place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1973162765...

Fascinating insights from Darwin PhD student in Zoology and Gates Cambridge scholar Sofia Dartnell on her research into cuckoo bumblebees.

Sofia Dartnell on her research on cuckoo bumblebees which aims to discover the areas where #bees are in particular decline so #conservation efforts can be targeted there - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/t... @sofiadartnell.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social

@uniofcam.bsky.social Zoology PhD candidate @sofiadartnell.bsky.social is SNP_typing at NEOF-VF to estimate the number of Bombus terrestris colonies invaded by cuckoo bumblebees (B. vestalis) across varying landscapes. These cuckoos are obligate parasites & may indicate healthy bumblebee habitats