We are hiring: 4 PhD Positions in Ecology / Data Science and one Ecological Data Scientist. For more information, see www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...

🚨 UK students 🚨 Opportunity to present your work in parliament - poster competition open now 🧐 Amazing opportunity and would be fantastic to see an entomology based poster represented 🙌🏽 @royentsoc.bsky.social stemforbritain.org.uk

Super excited to share that our beebox methods paper is available online at @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social, anyone looking to do some cool bumble science, get in touch! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Humble trumblebee having a drink of Lancashire retsina (the lovely Greek wine made from pine sap!)

Want to conserve bees? It's not just about flowers: safe nesting places are crucial and most species are ground-nesting. Found this nice site with long grass and sandy mounds for burrowing #pollinators #bees #conservation #wildlife @davegoulson.bsky.social @bethbees.bsky.social

We're buzzing with excitement about Beebox! Check out the 3D-printed nest for bumblebees created by Dr Philip Donkersley of LEC and engineering lecturer Jenny Roberts 🐝 Read more 👇 https://ac.pulse.ly/qewgcm47sh @dr-bees.bsky.social | #WorldBeeDay

Windemere Science Festival bee show is going ever so well, if you’re in the lakes this weekend do pop over to the Jetty Museum to see the bumbles!

We are #hiring a lecturer and #researcher: - Teaching in ecology and nature conservation - Research on plant-pollinator interactions - Supervision of students - Contribution to our major collaborative projects Start 01.09.2025 Salary according to TV-L E13, 100% 🔗 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

I call him Frogbert

If people who study beetles get to call themselves Coleopterists, then I see no problem being a Bumbologist

FULLY-FUNDED residential insect ID and field surveying summer school, organised by @oxfordconted.bsky.social, @morethanadodo.bsky.social and @biology.ox.ac.uk, for PhD students or early career researchers. 📅14-18 July 2025 Apply by 9 May: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/inse... 🧪 🌍 #academicsky 🐝

Is #RegenerativeAgriculture the solution to delivering for both food and nature? A new report by the British Ecological Society brings together 40 academics, practitioners and farmers across the UK to explore the evidence. 👇 https://shorturl.at/s9TM4

Spring is here! The swallows have finally arrived in Lancashire, welcome back little friends

Help Spread the Word! Know someone working with insects in the UK? Please share the RES #InsectWelfare Survey with your colleagues, students and peers. We want to hear from you! 🔗 buff.ly/feUke3B ⏰Deadline 1 April #InsectResearch #EthicsInScience #InsectEthics #AnimalResearch #Entomology

After a long 5 years, something BIG is fast approaching, stay tuned for more details

🔔 Reminder: RES #InsectWelfare Survey 🦗 We’re gathering perspectives on the ethical treatment of insects in research. If you’re in #InsectResearch, your voice is essential! Deadline: 1 April 🔽 buff.ly/kEmqgdr #EthicsInScience #InsectEthics #AnimalResearch

People often ask me, do bumblebees ever sting? Not usually, their first choice is to show their annoyance by waving. So if you ever see them doing this, back away… slowly 😂

🚨 #InsectResearch Ethics Survey – Your Input Matters 🦗 We're gathering views on #InsectWelfare in UK research. If you're involved in UK #InsectResearch, we want to hear from you! Read more and share your thoughts 🔽 buff.ly/T3xgWvv #EthicsInScience #InsectEthics #AnimalResearch

What a wonderful spectacular day, first ever bullfinch in the garden. Truly glorious!

I would like to assure you all, this is definitely just an ordinary rock, nothing suspicious to see here folks

trillion dollar industry that will revolutionize everything

She’s back! Temporary sunshine means the queens that survived winter have woken up and are out looking for snowdrops, delish!

Saw this weird animal on my walk today, made a weird hissing noise, I think that means “Welcome traveller, won’t you come in for a spot of tea and rest your weary bones by my hearth?”

We have two openings for stipended ugrad fellows at the Conservation Technology Lab at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. One is in CV/ML for field camera systems: us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor... Second is in field device design (image or sound): us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...

Nature is not a blocker to growth. The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has claimed that 'The balance has gone too far in the direction of always protecting every bat and every newt.' But how can this statement be true when the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world?🌍

Adjectives to describe Ms Calluna? Demure? Moisturised? In her lane? Other memes from 5-10 years ago?

Any of my entobuddies on here, can you do a wee favour and fill in the RES research ethics survey? Study insects? Consider ethical implications of what you do? Tell us! www.royensoc.co.uk/news/res-wel...

Happy day! First bathroom spider egg sack hatching of 2025!

Sometimes you get a stupid idea and take it exactly far enough: youtu.be/SBxY-08qp1g?...

Most important news that is going to be written today, January 20th im sure: www.theguardian.com/environment/... And very happy to contribute a short quote to it @theguardian.com

Collies are very VERY clever dogs, this one is convinced she can hypnotise sheep with her eyes. She’s so clever I believe her. All glory to the hypnodog

First off, art world! Here I have a glass sculpture of a bumblebee nest, the only one of its kind in the world!

Hello there blue sky! Enjoying myself on here, very much appreciating the lack of nasty and AI guff… now time to start sharing weird bee shit!