Thanks, @vtdigger.bsky.social for the interview opportunity and @gundinstitute.bsky.social for amplifying it!

Congratulations to Gund Graduate Fellow @lesliespencer.bsky.social, winner of @uvmvermont.bsky.social's Three-Minute Thesis contest! A small amount of time, but no small feat! Read about Leslie's work, which focuses on the wild pollinators that help provide our food: go.uvm.edu/inozu

It’s officially spring in Vermont! We may still be bundled but the #Colletes are back in action 🐝

Talking about my research in only 4 minutes? Challenge accepted! ✅ @gundinstitute.bsky.social @uvmvermont.bsky.social #GundSlam #moths #hurricanes #resilience

Pollinator gardens are having a moment, with good reason! But what can these gardens realistically achieve for conservation and for the people who make them? Led by Nick Dorian, we take a stab at these questions, out today in Conservation Biology: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our first flower of the spring starting poking up out of the frozen ground this week. I wrote about it here: open.substack.com/pub/lesliecs...

As someone who studies bees, it’s easy for me to think that winter is quiet time in the natural world. So fun to learn more about winter ecology yesterday, to explore all the hidden stories in our winter woods. Read about it on my Substack ❄️ open.substack.com/pub/lesliecs...

Hi friends, anybody planning to go to the Northeast Natural History conference in Springfield in April? 🐛

“I've begun to think that berry-picking is the medicine we need to create a legion of land protectors.” Grateful, as always, for the wisdom of Robin Wall Kimmerer. This was a delightful, quick read, political in a way that felt reeeeal good this week. #serviceberry #gifteconomy

On this freezing cold, snowy day in Vermont, I’m enjoying the photo memories popping up on my phone… 5 years ago, I was on a research trip in Costa Rica studying nutritional ecology of orchid bees. It’s where my bee research journey began 💙🥰💚🐝

Hitting the road this holiday season? Stay curious about the places you pass – even if they seem boring at first glance. Even from the highway, you might be surprised about the stories you can uncover! 🗻❤️ Read more about a recent adventure of mine here: open.substack.com/pub/lesliecs...