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24.01.2022 The BEE Lab is now on Instagram! Follow our account for cool photos and updates! https://www.instagram.com/sydney_beelab/

23.01.2022 An article by Sydney BEElab PhD student Patsavee Utaipanon

22.01.2022 Ever wondered why social insects have queens? Francisco Garcia Bulle Bueno's new research helps us understand why! https://bee-lab.sydney.edu.au/what-does-the-queen-actually/

17.01.2022 We've discovered that Tetragonula carbonaria workers are irreversibly sterile - swipe to see a comparison of worker (top left) and queen ovaries. So what happens if the colony loses its queen? Find out here: https://bee-lab.sydney.edu.au/what-does-the-queen-actually/ @franciscogbb @sydney_science #bees #beesofinstagram #stinglessbees #science #research #queen #queens

15.01.2022 This month's ABK has an article: Stakeholder Views on an Australian Honey Bee Genetic Improvement Program. The article concludes that stakeholder engagement is ...necessary for the program to be successful. Please have your say! If you are a BEEKEEPER in AUSTRALIA you can complete the 2020 survey via computer, smartphone or tablet at https://redcap.sydney.edu.au/surveys/?s=K98XKXNA97 If you are a QUEEN PRODUCER in AUSTRALIA you can complete the 2020 survey at https://redcap.sydney.edu.au/surveys/?s=C89FMHKKXD

12.01.2022 The amazing Francisco Garcia Bulle Bueno has won the 2020 Visualise Your Thesis competition with this beautiful video about the potential of stingless bees as alternative pollinators. Check it out! #vyt2020 #usyd #stinglessbees #nativebees #pollinators #science #research #tetragonula @sydney_science

12.01.2022 Elizabeth Frost and Nadine Chapman spent the day collecting data for Plan Bee. Thanks again Steve and Charlie Cunial for your help and for volunteering your hives

08.01.2022 South Africa's Cape honey bee has the unique ability to clone itself. A team including BEE lab members Boris Yagound, Emily Remnant, Sarah Aamidor and Gabriele Buchmann has discovered the gene that allows it to do this. Read more here: https://bee-lab.sydney.edu.au/sex-and-the-single-bee/

07.01.2022 Our latest research - exploring how invasive populations of bees can overcome reduced genetic diversity when entering a new geographical area - has now been published with Springer Nature in #Heredity. Check it out here: https://rdcu.be/b6uTJ

07.01.2022 Tracking outbreaks of exotic diseases has never been more at the forefront of public thinking, and it’s important to remember that the honey bee industry may one day have to deal with the same situation. https://bit.ly/36o1Ylr

06.01.2022 Another one for the stingless bee enthusiasts: Francisco Garcia Bulle Bueno's brilliant 60-second video explains how Tetragonula carbonaria could be a vital alternative pollinator for tropical crops. Check it out below: https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au//c4c6ca887514363c3a4

05.01.2022 More work from the lab