🐝 World Bee Day is here! We are sharing the very first Butterfly newsletter: butterfly-europe.eu/news/newslet... Stories from Living Labs, AI for pollinators, soil-dependent pollinators, a message from a solitary bee, and more. We invite you to read, share and join us on the Butterfly journey🐛🦋

You are warmly invited to join me in pursuing a PhD. If you are interested, please get in touch before the application process begins. We can then arrange an initial interview and start preparing for the exam. Details: science.phd.uj.edu.pl/pl_PL/join/b...

We're looking for records of ground nesting bees around Europe! Can you help? Follow the simple steps below! @aicbrn.bsky.social @esai-irl.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @pomscheme.bsky.social @climatecocentre.bsky.social

New paper alert! "Estimating global bee species richness and taxonomic gaps" suggests that we have thousands of bee species left to describe and decades of taxonomic work ahead of us. We also provide the methods needed to apply more broadly :) doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Podczas wiosennych porządków w hodowli pszczół @ioes-ju.bsky.social w domku dla murarki ogrodowej znaleźliśmy… ptasie gniazdo! 🪹 Budki dla owadów mogą być domem nie tylko dla dzikich 🐝, ale też dla 🐞🕷️🪲, a nawet 🐦. Przyroda naprawdę nie lubi pustki. #DzikiePszczoły #PtasieGniazdo

Queen #bumblebees can survive & breathe underwater for days. Read about how Sabrina Rondeau happened upon this phenomenon & her recent findings (with Charles-Antoine Darveau) revealing the physiology explaining how queens are able to survive submerged in @theconversation.com: doi.org/10.64628/AAM...

What China’s mountain meadows and forests can teach us about #pollinators. In a newly published paper led by Dr Xin Xu, we have studied pollination networks on Yulong Snow Mountain in Yunnan. Discover more about our findings here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/03/26/w... #ecology #biodiversity #bees

The key result: suppressing insects with bifenthrin, a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide, suppresses plant diversity. Unfortunately, with this poison there are knock-on effects to the animal's evolutionary sister group: fungi. So if 10 years of insecticide is also killing beneficial fungi...

🧵1/5 Can we protect crops and pollinators at the same time? A new Butterfly project report offers a practical answer: smarter pesticide choices⬇️ 📄 butterfly-europe.eu/deliverable-...

With spring arriving, it's tempting to begin working on our yards and gardens. But hold on! 🐝 Clearing debris & trimming plants too soon can actually harm bees, butterflies, & other important pollinators. We've curated a list of questions to tell when the time is right ⤵️

At the end of March and the end of May I will be presenting two webinars which explore the connections between, #biodiversity, #pollinators and the #UNSDGs, showing why the conservation of nature is central to a just, healthy, and sustainable future - details here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/03/23/j...

New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv #Arthropod #conservation in roadside #verges: Unmown #refuges outperform #mowing equipment changes doi.org/10.1111/icad.70071 #InsectHabitats @manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

𝐈𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 '𝐁𝐞𝐞-𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲'? 🐝 The #ButterflyProject researchers are using the EYS tool to grade chemicals from A (Safe) to C (Danger). Tested in Living Labs from 🇪🇸 (Almonds) to 🇳🇴 (Strawberries). Read more: butterfly-europe.eu/en/wp-conten...

Here’s a great PhD opportunity in the crossover between humanities and natural history- please repost 🙏 www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...

There are many paths in science. Every journey matters. Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 💙 #WomenInScience #GirlsInScience #UNESCO

📢 We’re hiring! We’re looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our team at @funcagroeco.bsky.social The position focuses on how collaborative agri-environment measures affect multiple taxa and ecosystem services. See: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/vacancy+f...

In the first assessment of its kind, a new study examining global trends and distribution of pesticide toxicity found that total applied pesticide toxicity is increasing, posing a threat to the UN Biodiversity goal of reducing pesticide risks globally by 50% ⚠️📈🌍. Read more 👉 rptu.de/s/xuscyb

📅 Save the Date Delighted to be supporting EURBEE11 — the 11th European Conference of Apidology 🐝 📍 Bologna, Italy | 🗓 7–10 September For more details: bit.ly/45JdiIR www.eurbee2026.com #Eurbee #Eurbee2026 #bees #Apiculture

Jak kondycja gleby kształtuje życie zapylaczy i stan pól uprawnych czy lasów? Zbada to międzynarodowe konsorcjum #ProPollSoil z udziałem naukowców z @ioes-ju.bsky.social i Instytutu Ogrodnictwa – PIB. forumakademickie.pl/zdrowa-gleba... @filipiakzuza.bsky.social @michalfilipiak.bsky.social

Pollinators boost the reproduction of 75% of global crops, contributing up to 8% of total food production 🐝 A study on 24 crops found that higher pollinator abundance increases yields, with stronger effects in temperate regions & conventional farms 🌍🧪 🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70042

BeeLife exists to build bridges: between #science and #policy, #beekeepers and #institutions, #citizens and the systems that shape our #environment. Protecting pollinators is a collective effort and dialogue is our most powerful tool -> www.bee-life.eu/about

Just 3 days left to apply for this PhD position - email me with any Qs :)

This gallery of almost all EU bee species high quality photos is quite impressive: pollinatoracademy.eu/images

Bumblebees behave differently in areas with more honeybees. Does this represent competition and what can we do about it? Really, we need to learn more. Great to have funding from @researchireland.ie to continue this work, and hopefully provide better advice for beekeeping and conservation

🚨 New PhD opportunity 🚨 studying foraging movements of #masonbees using novel tracking technology and metabarcoding! With me and @domino-joyce.fishsci.com.ap.brid.gy at Hull and Mike Smith at Sheffield. More at FindAPhD www.findaphd.com/phds/project... or message me directly :)

🧵1/5 🌍🔬 Our new paper is out! We identify the global mechanisms shaping the elemental composition of organisms — and the results overturn long-standing assumptions in ecology. 👇 Thread ↓ doi.org/10.1038/s414...

“Soil is likely home to 59% of life including everything from microbes to mammals, making it the singular most biodiverse habitat on Earth.” Happy #WorldSoilDay! www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

The Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus, groot dikkopje) is not only declining in NL but in the whole EU, where we can see a reduction in populationsize with appr 50%. www.butterfly-monitoring.eu #eBMS

We are looking for a very short (6 mo) researcher post for helping us to do experiments with bees, flowers and tiny robots,! The post would be suitable for a recently graduated PhD student or someone between jobs. The post will be announced formally in the new year. Informal queries welcome by email

My short visit to Plant-Insect Interactions Team @tum.de is almost over. Great ProPollSoil (propollsoil.eu) kick-off and amazing to finally meet everyone! Excited for what we’ll learn about soil health and pollinators. 🐝🪲🌻🌱 Many thanks to PII Team for the warm welcome – this visit was a real boost!

Our survey of #bees & #wasps visiting #soybean flowers is out: doi.org/10.4039/tce..... This work shows most 🐝s visiting soy🌼s carried soy pollen. #Bumblebees & ground-nesting 🐝s were the most common 🌼visitors suggesting that management practices supporting these #pollinators will benefit 🇨🇦growers

The EU has published rules for the Pollinator Monitoring Scheme. Butterflies, moths, bees and hoverflies will all be monitored by every Member State. Target to reverse decline in Pollinators by 2030 and increase pops. A big step in conserving biodiversity environment.ec.europa.eu/news/better-...

The #ProPollSoil project has officially got underway, coming together to explore two big questions: How does the health of our soils shape the fate of #pollinators? And how do pollinators influence #soil health? Read more here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/11/21/c... #bees #biodiversity #MissionSoil

Pollinators such as wild #bees, #butterflies, and #hoverflies are in trouble worldwide. A major new study, published in Science, shows that the oft-quoted figure of 10% semi-natural habitat in farmland landscapes is far too little to safeguard pollinators jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/09/26/p...

For almost 20 years, the Jagiellonian University has been organising a tropical ecology field course for its students. We started in Venezuela and now the courses take place alternately in Borneo and Costa Rica.

🚨 Postdoc opportunities! 🚨 We’re looking for postdocs in 🌿 biodiversity science, 🧬 genetic indicator assessment, and 📊 ecological statistics. Join us in unraveling the drivers & consequences of global change on biodiversity — and be part of a supportive & collaborative environment! DL 24 September

VACANCY for a PhD #PhDVacancy #pollinators Project Butterfly @butterfly-project.bsky.social has a vacancy for a 3 yr PhD Topic: Economic evaluation of pollination services among European citizens Location: Toulouse (FR) Deadline of application: August 15, 2025 butterfly-europe.eu/vacancies/

Butterfly is a 24 partner Horizon Europe RIA project, coordinated by me. It aims to enhance society’s capacity to appraise, foresee, and respond to the threats posed by cascading impacts of pollinator decline. Our website is now live: butterfly-europe.eu Follow us: @butterfly-project.bsky.social

Reddingsaksjon for kystlyng og insekter @butterfly-project.bsky.social Butterfly's Norwegian Living Lab butterflylivinglabs.no, coordinated by @mayb-on.bsky.social, covered by Vi Menn, Norway's largest weekly lifestyle magazine for men. @unibergen.bsky.social @vitenskapsteori.bsky.social

🧵1/7 🐝🌱 #PollinatorWeek continues! Today we’re heading to @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social  @ioes-ju.bsky.social , where @michalfilipiak.bsky.social  & @filipiakzuza.bsky.social  are looking at bees through a different lens — not just pollination, but nutrient cycling. ♻️🌍 #PollinatorsWeaveConnections

🧵1/9 🌍💫🐝💐 #PollinatorsWeaveConnections We kicked off #PollinatorWeek by exploring how pollinators connect with people and ecosystems. Today, let’s flip the lens: how can science help protect these vital creatures and the services they provide? 🧠🦋 #FutureForPollinators #ProjectButterfly #pollinators

We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!

🌼✨ #PollinatorWeek is here! thx @pollinatororg.bsky.social   16–22 June #PollinatorsWeaveConnections 🦋 Join Butterfly this week! Each day, we’re dropping science-packed snippets from our brilliant researchers! 💡🔬 Curious? You should be. Let’s build a #FutureForPollinators — one post at a time 🦋 🌍💫

🌍 We are taking you on a journey across our diverse research sites! First stop: 📍 #LivingLabs – #Murcia @pdelarua.bsky.social 🌸 Did you know 38% of organic crops in Murcia are almond trees? These trees support rural life & heritage—but rising demand brings challenges (1/2).

🐝 May 20 is #WorldBeeDay! Bees = food, biodiversity & a healthy planet 🌍 Support pollinators—plant flowers, go pesticide-free, back sustainable farming. 🌍🌸 2025 theme: “Bee inspired by nature to nourish us all.” 🌸 Plant, learn, act—your choices matter! #BeeDay2025

🦋📉 Insect populations down 75% in <30 years A new study maps 3,385 connections between stressors behind insect decline. Agricultural intensification tops the list – but many impacts remain overlooked. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/bios... #SciComm #Biodiversity #Insects 🧪

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 🐝

(1/3) Pollinators are an integral part of nature. Fundamental ecological processes that are essential for ecosystem functioning, such as nutrient cycling, are directly dependent on and shaped by plant-pollinator interactions.

We offer a 5-year research position in the #PlanktonEcology lab in Wilhelmshaven. Are you interested in empirically testing ecological concepts? We offer a stimulating scientific environment, experimental facilities & support to establish an independent research profile uol.de/en/job/postd...