How can we fully understand animal #cognition?
Our new paper in @CurrentBiology proposes that identifying what an animal can't do (cognitive limits) is as important as showing what an animal can do. We address the challenges of studying cognitive limits https://t.co/0FDI9T5wo2
Have you ever wondered how bees could help humans develop a language to communicate with aliens?
Our new article in @ConversationEDU explains our thought experiment suggesting mathematics as a universal language.
https://t.co/exDh0YeI1H
Do you order numbers like a bee?
Our new piece in @ConversationEDU explains the complexities of how tiny brains (and larger ones) represent and link the concepts of space and number ๐๐ข๐ง
@ZazaKuo@OzBeeUVBG@beeleslieng
https://t.co/ZWsjtk3af1
Congratulations to PhD Rob Moore on his first publication! ๐๐บ๏ธ Rob showed how non-traditional data sources (e.g. social media and community science) can alter species distribution models using a case study on native #Australian#bees. See our article: https://t.co/9xqzd9fqBH
@dajmeyer@ZazaKuo@OzBeeUVBG@beeleslieng There is definitely individual variation - check out the original study here: https://t.co/xGdTcCOgY5. However, there is evidence showing left and right "handedness" in bees. See: https://t.co/9cr4s1btS1 & https://t.co/37cgTpmFcA
Congratulations to @ZazaKuo on her first publication! Zaza's research explores how space and quantity are associated in the honeybee brain ๐๐ข๐ง As it turns out, bees order quantities from left-to-right with a bias for the right side of space.
Full article-https://t.co/f0m8olsEW3
๐ข Call for papers! Dr. Vanessa Kellermann & I are co-editing a Journal of Insect Physiology special issue: "Non-eusocial Bees and Pollination: Biology, Behaviour, and Physiology in Climate Change Conditions." ๐๐ Submit by Dec 31, 2024!
More information: https://t.co/gJJyMXjNL2
Our research has been featured in @CSIROPublishing's blog.
Our article encapsulates a decade of comparative research principally conducted in Australia on the topic of understanding how different bee species tolerate changing environmental conditions.
https://t.co/qX0mhLPGB6
Last week the ICEB Lab celebrated the submission of @lin_yq0527's Honour's thesis ๐ Congratulations to Yuqing on her incredibly hard work and truly fascinating results. Yuqing has expanded our understanding of plant-pollinator interactions and evolution๐๐ป๐ชป๐น๐ท๐ชท๐ฅ๐
Yesterday at 2pm the first honeybee (Apis mellifera) in this speciesโ evolutionary history managed to pull a string for reward. They are much harder to train than bumblebees, though!
I try to do a lot of science communication, but I've been outdone on my own research here. Way to make research on bees ordering zero accessible and perhaps more humorous than it already was, @ScientistSpidey!
Congratulations to @lin_yq0527 on the final seminar for Honours! ๐๐ป๐It has been a great pleasure to work with this team!
Yuqing's research will greatly advance our understanding of pollinator flower choice and plant-pollinator evolution.
@beeleslieng@OzBeeUVBG
How would your animal answer these questions? Get inspired by the interview, written by the authors of this @J_Exp_Biol article advocating for rethinking behavioral research design.
๐https://t.co/FBdhmjHx3W
@Monika_K_Scholz @SSerenaDing @elegansdiversus @LabLiao @RhythmicSpikes
Awesome presentation by Honours student, @lin_yq0527, discussing the foraging decisons of honeybees at @VicBioCon in the "Flight of the Pollinators" session.
#VicBioCon24@OzBeeUVBG