Very happy to announce my submission to the University of Guelph research photo contest "liquid gold" was a winner in the faculty/staff category AND community choice!

This photo shows a Bombus impatiens (common eastern bumble bee) queen with a radio tag attached

#bumblebees #bumblebee #bees #bee #QueenBee #RadioTag #RadioTelemetry #science #ScienceMastodon #ecology #research #fieldwork #insects #pollinators

If you want to see more videos about our #bumblebee radio tagging experiment, check out this video https://www.tiktok.com/@bumblebeehaviour/video/7099197615773912325?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7148150010307511814
and others on tiktok (also @bumblebeehaviour there!)

#tiktok #bumblebees #bombus #bees #radiotag #telemetry #research #fieldwork #ecology #pesticides #ScienceMastodon #science

VROOM! Love this photo of a bumble bee queen wearing a radio tag in mid flight!

In this experiment, we fed bumble bee queens three different pesticides (or a control with no pesticide) to test for potential sublethal impacts of pesticides on bumble bee movement

I posted this to a different mastodon server but I have since migrated but my post didn't migrate so here she is again!

#bumblebee #bumblebees #bees #science #ecology #pollinators #radiotag #research #fieldwork

The bumble bee is not in focus but love this action shot!

You can't see it, but she has been outfitted with a #radiotag. In this study we are looking at potential sublethal effects of #pesticides on #bumblebee queen movement

#research #pollinators #conservation #agroecology #biodiversity #ecology #science

Samstag ist #Radiotag und #Wiederholungstag, und hoffentlich kein #Räumtag. Ist für jede/n was dabei. Los geht es um 9 Uhr mit der Rot & Honig Kinderdisco. Später wird es noch laut, poppig und politisch. Bleibt stabil!

#BaWaBleibt