This is a dream-team collaboration with Silas Bossert @thecriticalbee and Jack Neff at Central Texas Melittological Institute! Hopefully many more to come! :).

NEW BEE JUST DROPPED! The sparkly blue Andrena androfovea might be the first of roughly 1700 Andrena species to be a specialist of the Solanaceae (tomato family), and has a sternal hairbrush for pollen collection!

Hot off the press! Our new study led by three amazing @UofOklahoma undergrads found that ornamental plants--especially woody species--can support urban pollinators active in the early spring when food is otherwise scarce

RT @susta1nabeelity: Check out our recent work on balancing pest and pollinator management by @kljhung, @TernestJ, @Ingwell_vegIPM, @msuveg….

Calling y'all fitness enthusiasts and martial artists out there! The portable punching bag for on-the-go training my little brother designed is launching soon! Sign up for exclusive Kickstarter discounts at .

Soooooo I'm recruiting a postdoc! The research topic is wide open, so long as it advances pollinator conservation in the Southern Great Plains and/or surrounding areas. Please tell your friends and recent grads! Thank you!.

Very honored to be featured on the podcast of my friend and colleague Dr. Sean O'Brien of @natureserve, chatting about #pollinator biology and conservation!

Thank you to @NSERC_CRSNG, @USDA, and @Cornell for funding; @DanforthLab for supporting data collection; and @ArchibaldWinery, @DixieOrchards, @SpiritTreeCider for letting us chase bees around their orchards and providing their insight as growers!.

#Pollination is more than single-visit pollen deposition and visitation frequency: pollinator movement and #pollen #carryover can be just as important! please share with any #apple growers you know :).

New paper! Insects can invade islands from the mainland, and vice versa too. We can better detect such invaders by forging collaborations between community scientists and professional biologists. It takes a village to respond to species invasions!

Our study on the impacts of drought on bee assemblages was featured in Episode 5 of the Bee's Knees! Here's to a better and wetter 2023, for you and for the bees!.

I thought San Diego is a hotbed of Africanized honey bees, but new research shows instead that SD's feral honey bees retain a high level of genetic diversity with representation from all major lineages. Cool stuff!

What happens when you plant a pollinator habitat and just leave it alone? Our decade-long project ( shows that most planted species don't stick around😢. So, build ecological succession into your seed mix and be sure to include hardy, competitive species!.

Just realized that "Anthidium psoraleae" is a real species and not just my brain jumbling up the more familiar "Anthidium paroselae" (whose species names are anagrams of each other). 🤣.

Fennel can be an allelopathic invasive plant. Our latest research shows that it can also act as a magnet plant for pollinators, and export heterospecific pollen to neighboring natives. Let's keep our eyes on this cheeky plant.

RT @Kaplan_Lab: New paper out in @RSocPublishing in collaboration with @Ingwell_vegIPM @TernestJ @pecenka26 - Insecticide use + supplementa….

RT @NewsAtIllinois: Losses of springtime flowers in wooded landscapes likely undermine bumble bee health and survival, researchers report.….

RT @Ashley_Y_Kim: Welcome to our new interns who will be completing native bee surveys from April to October in Cabrillo National Monument!….

RT @JAppliedEcology: Synergism between local and landscape-level #pesticides reduce wild #bee floral visitation. New research offers insigh….

RT @_JohnMola: Latest work! . w/ @clarastuligross @_MaureenPage @DanielleRutkow @WilliamsBeeLab . Many 🐝studies take tarsal clippings to ge….