I'm really happy that this paper is finally out. We combined experimental and theoretical data to study how helper behaviour may have facilitated the onset of eusociality. Check it out in the thread!! 🐝

Had an absolute blast sharing our research on juvenile hormone & caste fate conflict in the Argentine ant at this year's NW IUSSI @iussi-nwes.bsky.social Always an amazing chance to talk science with some of the best minds in the field 🐜⚔️🐜 #IUSSI #IUSSI2024 #ants

📚🐝 Discover the new book on the bees of Portugal! The book "Chaves Dicotómicas dos Genneros de Abelhas de Portugal" has been published by the UC Press. Coordinated by Hugo Gaspar from the FLOWer Lab, you can download the book in here (in PT): monographs.uc.pt/iuc/catalog/...

#Ants hold a grudge – they remember who attacked them and fight back harder against those enemy colonies! Our new paper led by Melanie Bey is now published @currentbiology.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I asked ChatGPT to create a LEGO scene based on what it knows about me. Love the results! I wish my lab were this cool, though 🙃