All you bug nerds are going to love this! A close-up look at the nesting behavior of bees, wasps, and their parasites in bison wallows Nachusa Grasslands by Josh Klostermann (with gorgeous photos!) #EntSoc2020 TNC in Illinois

The endangered Rusty Patch Bumble bee (B. affinis) is spread across the entire 4,000 acre prairie preserve Nachusa Grasslands Check out Chan 🐝 talk on rare bumble bees: cdmcd.co/kpjv78 #EntSoc2020 TNC in Illinois

Amazing diversity of #bees and #wasps nesting in bison wallows Nachusa Grasslands!! Check out Josh Klostermann's fascinating talk: cdmcd.co/3vnrmL #EntSoc2020 TNC in Illinois

Hey #hymenoptera fans. There’s a couple of new books freshly available for pre-order from Princeton University Press Princeton Nature and there’s a discount for those attending EntSoc. I ordered mine already.

New paper: A century of pollen foraging by the endangered rusty patched bumble bee ( Bombus affinis): inferences from molecular sequencing of museum specimens readcube.com/articles/10.10…

Hey y'all! I'm gonna try something! For #EntSoc20, I recorded a talk about Bombus affinis foraging and habitat preferences in a large, restoration setting. For those who may be interested in the talk but are not registered for the conference, here it is in twitter-thread form! 🐝

New paper led by Sean Griffin The Corridor Project Two effects of fragmentation on bee populations: corridors increase colonization rate; edges increase nest building onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ec…

Excited about our new paper led by Lindsey Kemmerling with Sean Griffin Restored prairie supports high bioenergy crop yield and high pollinator diversity Kellogg Biological Station LTER W.K. Kellogg Biological Station Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC)

Thanks for all your work exploring small mammal/fire/plant/ecosystem ecology Nachusa Grasslands TNC in Illinois

Come share your Texas or regional plant conservation research & stories! #TPCC2023