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Fantastic for us to have the opportunity to talk about #honeybee genetics in Maxim Nekliudov's new documentary film 'Natives' about the UK's native honey bee. youtu.be/DdS-_hfhc-o

Feeling very lucky to spot Braula in a sample of bees from the Scilly Isles. Braula is a wingless fly that lives in bees and steals their food - mostly wiped out by varroa treatments but still hangs on in varroa-free locations.

Sometimes lab work at the weekend makes you a bit dizzy... 😵‍💫⚗️

A visit to the far north meant a hunt last weekend for the elusive Great Yellow Bumble bee. Sadly none found in the places we looked, but rewarded with Moss Carder #bumblebees and Heather #colletes bees instead! #pollinators

We are a very proud to have been accepted as an Environmental partner by @1PercentFTP - the global movement to create positive environmental change. Looking forward to making new connections to help bees and other pollinators! #onepercentfortheplanet #beonepercentbetter

Not like the old days when you had a purpose-made hole!

Great to see @Edinburgh_CC helping #pollinators by not mowing the verges and letting these dandelions shine! They're an excellent source of nutrition for early pollinators. #NoMowMay

Late night lab sessions are pretty common for us, but it's so much better now it's still light outside afterwards! @Roslinnovation

We use CO2 bike tyre inflators which take 6g sparklet bulbs, with a football 'needle' fitted. Drill a 2mm hole in a lidded plastic container - 50ml tubes work well. Then drop in your bug, close up and inject CO2. Buys you a couple of minutes inspection time.

Ridiculous... I mean they left off at least 5 other features there!