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Beebytes Analytics CIC @BeebytesCIC
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Pleased to be part of a new paper highlighting the issues of increased honey bee hybridisation in Ireland: doi.org/10.1080/00218839.202…

Introgressive hybridisation puts the distinctive population of Apis mellifera mellifera in Ireland...

Apis mellifera mellifera a honey bee subspecies at risk of extinction across much of its range has a stronghold in Ireland where it is the native honey bee subspecies and is referred to as the blac...

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Fantastic for us to have the opportunity to talk about #honeybee genetics in Maxim Nekliudov's new documentary film 'Natives' about the UK's native honey bee. youtu.be/DdS-_hfhc-o

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Also a great opportunity for us to promote the facilities, services and support of @Roslinnovation @roslininstitute and @EdinInnovations
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Delighted to be invited to talk about spinning out Beebytes as a social enterprise at the @BBSRC Sparking Innovation conference #BBSRCSparkingInnovation
Barbara Blaney@BarbaraBlaney
2 May 2024
Great to hear the story & ethos of @BeebytesCIC at today’s @BBSRC Sparking Innovation Conference @EdinInnovations #BBSRCSparkingInnovation
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Not how science is mean to happen, but still a fascinating discovery! theguardian.com/environment/…

Bumblebee species able to survive underwater for up to a week

Common eastern bumblebee queens’ ability while hibernating could help it endure flooding, scientists say

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Happy to have been able to support this fascinating work into the #honeybee #waggledance - there's always more to learn about these fascinating insects! cell.com/current-biology/ful…

Dynamic antennal positioning allows honeybee followers to decode the dance

On a vertical comb in a dark nest, bees perform the waggle dance to signal a flight vector to food, informing the direction and distance from the hive. Hadjitofi and Webb show how a neural circuit in...

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Pollenize@PollenizeCIC
12 Mar 2024
Nest Sweeper is an innovative solution to the invasion of Yellow Legged #AsianHornets in the UK. Learn how this technology-driven approach is revolutionising the way we monitor and protect our pollinators. Please read support bit.ly/Nest-Sweeper #invasivespecies #ai
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Raffaele Dall'Olio@radallo
10 Jan 2024
🚨 Interested in🐝health research? Looking for a cool😎supervisor? Have a look at this oportunity in 🇬🇧!⬇️ findaphd.com/phds/project/bb…

BBSRC NLD Doctoral Training Partnership: Understanding host-parasite interactions in the honey bee...

PhD Project - BBSRC NLD Doctoral Training Partnership: Understanding host-parasite interactions in the honey bee at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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BBKA@britishbee
9 Jan 2024
Asian yellow legged hornets - 'Special Briefing for Beekeepers - Update 2024' Andrew Durham on 16th Jan 7pm Briefing will cover: Situation in 2023 & beyond Open to all members, encourage AHAT teams to attend. Assocs have been sent the Zoom link
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Feeling very lucky to spot Braula in a sample of bees from the Scilly Isles. Braula is a wingless fly that lives in bees and steals their food - mostly wiped out by varroa treatments but still hangs on in varroa-free locations.
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Fungicide can affect memory formation in honey bees by interfering with glucose levels in the haemolymph. A fascinating insight into how agrochemicals can impact pollinator health. journals.biologists.com/jeb/…

Bees can't learn without sugar

Over a hundred years ago, Ivan Pavlov trained dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell that rang before every meal. Since then, scientists have trained all sorts of animals to link scents and sounds...

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Native Irish Honey Bee Society@nihbs
9 Oct 2023
Native black honey bee fading fast amid swarm of foreign imports independent.ie/irish-news/na…

Native black honey bee fading fast amid swarm of foreign imports

All beekeeper associations on this island support an import ban

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A fascinating use of pollen analysis to date these ancient footprints
European Association of Archaeologists@archaeologyEAA
6 Oct 2023
New research confirms antiquity of ancient human footprints at White Sands, showing they were left behind c. 23,000 and 20,000 years ago and demonstrating that humans were present in southern North America during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) popular-archaeology.com/arti… #Archaeology
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An interesting defence mechanism against hornets! theguardian.com/environment/…

Buff-tailed bumblebees drop from air ‘like bricks’ to repel hornet attacks

Bee and hornet hit ground with such force the attacker is sent scarpering, University of Exeter scientists find

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Non-native imports are risky - especially when the companies doing so don't adhere to the relevant biosecurity requirements! #bumblebees tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Non-compliance with the World Trade Organization agreements by exporters of the European bumblebee,...

International companies commercially rear bumblebees worldwide, the trade of which is regulated through agreements established by the World Trade Organization (WTO). Scientific studies have shown m...

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Beautifully preserved solitary bees from 3000 years ago... phys.org/news/2023-08-bees-p…

Bees from the time of the pharaohs found mummified on the southwest coast of Portugal

A new study reports the discovery of hundreds of mummified bees inside their cocoons. These cocoons, produced almost 3,000 years ago, were discovered in a new paleontological site discovered on the...

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Apimondia@apimondia
26 Aug 2023
📢 Your opinions count! Please take this quick survey on the #honey consumption habits of European consumers and their views on modern and sustainable beekeeping practices. ▶️ bit.ly/3qWi9Fk
Photo of some honey being poured onto a spoon and a white bowl

ALT Photo of some honey being poured onto a spoon and a white bowl

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Fascinating to see the same methods we use for pollen analysis applied to such ancient materials! ox.ac.uk/news/2023-08-22-res…

Researchers extract ancient DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick, revealing a time capsule of plant...

University of Oxford researchers have contributed to the first successful extraction of ancient DNA from a 2,900 year-old clay brick. The analysis, published today in Nature Scientific Reports,...

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Oops - forgot to actually repost it!
Iona Cunningham-Eurich@ionace
21 Aug 2023
1/8 Excited for my first ever paper to be published today, and as first author too! 🎉 Using samples collected by citizen scientists, we analysed the population genetic structure of the Common Yellowjacket across the UK. 🧬🐝 @RoyEntSoc @bigwaspsurvey resjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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Congratulations to our very own Dr Mark Barnett and researchers at the @roslininstitute and @EdinburghUni for this new paper, creating the first whole single cell atlas of honey bees at any stage of development. doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jk…

Cellular heterogeneity of the developing worker honey bee (Apis mellifera) pupa: a single cell...

In this study Patir et al. have used scRNA-Seq to map cell types to different developmental stages of the worker honey bee (prepupa at day 11 and pupa at d

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