🅱🅴🅴🅲 Centre for Bee Ecology, Evolution & Conservation An interdisciplinary research team studying 🐝s @yorkuniversity Our tweets are like bees, #buzzing

Toronto, Ontario
Joined April 2017
See bees.yorku.ca for more info and updates about our various research groups.
BEEc is an interdisciplinary research and training initiative at #YorkU that focuses on bee ecology, evolution and conservation | #WorldBeeDay @BeesYork
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🐝Join us for BeeCon 2026! Present your research and connect with researchers, students, and pollinator enthusiasts! 🌎Free to attend ⏰Abstract submission closes August 2, submit yours today! 🔗yorku.ca/bees/beecon-... #BeeCon #BeeResearch #Pollinators #Conservation #Bees
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Our next #BEEc Speaker Series will be on February 21st at 11am ET with @NadiaTsvet! Sign up for this and all of the Winter 2025 talks on our website today! yorku.ca/bees/speaker-series…… #beeresearch #bees #conservation #yorku
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Did you miss the latest BEEc Speaker Series talk with @OliviaBernauer? Watch it here: youtu.be/tgK5cVPgQMk?si=FHVC… Don't forget, our next talk will be taking place on February 21st at 11am ET, register today for this talk and the rest of our Winter Semester! yorku.ca/bees/speaker-series…
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🚨#NewPaper from @BeeCsi , a huge project led by @AmroYorkU, discusses climate variables and virus intensity in honey bees. Read the full article here: nature.com/articles/s41598-0… #beeresearch #honeybees #YorkU
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Our next #BEEc Speaker Series will be on January 10th at 11am ET with @OliviaBernauer! Sign up for this and all of the Winter 2025 talks on our website today! yorku.ca/bees/speaker-series… #beeresearch #bees #conservation #yorku
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Our next #BEEc Speaker Series will be on January 10th at 11am ET with @OliviaBernauer! Sign up for this and all of the Winter 2025 talks on our website today! yorku.ca/bees/speaker-series… #beeresearch #bees #conservation #yorku
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May your holidays be filled with joy, laughter, and lots of buzzing good times. We wish you a safe and happy holiday season from everyone at BEEc, we will see you in the New Year! 🐝✨
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Our #BEEc Speaker Series line up for the Winter Semester is out! Join us for our next session on January 10th and monthly after that for some fascinating talks about all things bee! Sign up for all of the talks on our website today! yorku.ca/bees/speaker-series…
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#BestofEUC | #YorkUEUC Roger Keil & Linda Peake were recognized for their academic and creative achievements over the past year at the 2024 Research Awards Celebration. Associate Prof Sheila Colla was also awarded the President’s Research Impact Award (PRIA) 🏆. #YorkU
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Environmental DNA is revolutionizing biodiversity research. York University professor Elizabeth Clare and her team made the discovery of airborne eDNA which has blown the future of biodiversity research wide open. Read more: bit.ly/3Yipmwc | #TheYorkUMag
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Our final BEEc Speaker Series talk of 2024 with Dr. Christopher Starr will be taking place in two days on December 13th at 11am ET, register today for the talk! yorku.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #beeresearch #bees #BEEc
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Our final BEEc Speaker Series talk of 2024 with Dr. Christopher Starr will be taking place in two days on December 13th at 11am ET, register today for the talk! yorku.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #beeresearch #bees #BEEc
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Do you want to know more about the ancestral composition of honey bees across different regions in Chile? Read the latest paper by @KDogantzis, @AmroYorkU, and their collaborators in Chile! link.springer.com/article/10…
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Congratulations to Professors Kerry Kawakami, Elizabeth Clare and Sean Hillier, for getting elected to Royal Society of Canada, highest honours in their field. Read more | bit.ly/3TqYuIV #YorkU #YUPositiveChange #GradStudiesYU #YUResearch @YorkUHealth @YorkUScience
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#YorkUEUC Associate Professor Sheila Colla and ES PhD candidate, Briann Dorin had a paper published in the Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario 📄 The paper discusses their observations of wild bees foraging on wine grapes. bit.ly/3YD7mN6 #YorkU #YUResearch
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I found this cool Nomada in a box of bees from Arizona 👀 I’m not sure what species he is, but he’s not matching to what I thought it was. I’ll have to do some more searching tomorrow 👀 also find me at the other site! I’m gonna try posting there more often and less here
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The brain atlas of a subsocial bee reflects that of eusocial Hymenoptera - goo.gl/scholar/qw8v1F Congratulations on this new paper! @sanrehan
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Had the best time at #EntSoc24 with @hadilelsayed_ and everyone from the @sanrehan lab at @BeesYork. All the talks were amazing, this girl is leaving very inspired 🐝
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Professor Sandra Rehan, from @YorkUScience, leads a study team to examine the key nutrients in the pollen samples and to analyze the best food sources for these vital pollinators. Read more | bit.ly/3yIVdxq #YorkU #GradStudiesYU #YUPositiveChange #YUResearch
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