Dr Dug (freshly minted)

How do bees use smell to find hidden food #pollen? @StirUni #PhD Researcher 🐝 1 time snake catcher and bug farmer. Nature addict and general enthusiast. Him/He

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@TimMeek8 Slightly more picturesque than these blue tits in Glencoe Village in an ashtray!

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@TimMeek8 When you weigh the same as a packet of crisps your terminal velocity is pretty low so fall peril it's minimal

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@TimMeek8 Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

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Here we see @TimMeek8 in his natural habitat, effervescing over ancient architecture 🏰

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Wish I'd been on the Black Isle last night!

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It’s pretty good out there tonight. Should have worn long pants, I’m frozen. #aurora

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@aluxeprojects @lucynevard I don't know, but a lot of the orchid bees (Euglossini) and sweat bees (Halictidae) have wonderful iridescent exoskeletons

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Beautiful metallic green orchid #bee (Euglossa sp.) stealing wax from our Melipona hives! She lands, chews off a hunk, takes flight and passes it back, leg pair to leg pair, packing it on her rear legs before going back for more. Mesmerising
#FieldworkFriday #PhDlife @lucynevard

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@TimMeek8 This is outrageously beautiful, are the photos off your phone?

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@kirsten_os @CREAF_ecologia @UABBarcelona @StirUni That campus looks like it had the same designer as Stirling. Good luck Kirsten!

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Fantastic afternoon learning about mushrooms on a Fungal Foray with the incredibly charming and knowledgeable @markwildfood. The tipples and bento box were flavour sensations. Cheers!

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@TimMeek8 @CanopyRobin @StirBES Classic Tory response

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@TimMeek8 @CanopyRobin @StirBES Sorry to disappoint you Tim, but that in your photo is not an acorn but an oak gall. The only thing you'll grow from that is an oak gall wasp. Wonder if that changes you're lovely sentiment about us?

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@TimMeek8 End of an era, my friend

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@TimMeek8 You say that, but I remember you poring over Ruskin for hour upon spluttering, rage filled hour

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@flygirlNHM Aye, bet it's cathartic! Plus it's artful, and gets to show off the theses better than office shelves

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@ZarahPattison @KorichevaLab @CurrentBiology Awesome work! I totally need to swat up on these of systemic effect VOC interactions. Looking forward to reading this

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@melissa__minter @ZarahPattison @EileenTisdall Haha, fiiinallly!

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Massive thank you to @ZarahPattison and Heather Whitney for being my viva examiners last week, and @EileenTisdall for chairing. You made it a very enjoyable, productive and memorable experience. Cheers!

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@Watts_SH @ZarahPattison @EileenTisdall Thanks Sarah, is a great feeling!