Cory S. Sheffield 🇨🇦🐝🌺📸🎸🎨
@corysheffield.bsky.social
Dad, Royal Saskatchewan Museum curator, #entomologist & #bee research scientist, with a love of #nature, #photography, and #art. Views my own. Bees of Canada: https://www.beesofcanada.com/ and Bee Higher Classification: https://anthophila.myspecies.info/
🧪 Inverted terra cotta plant pot bases for encouraging #Osmia bees that normally #nest under stones. Osmia inermis females were encouraged to nest in lowbush blueberry fields in Newfoundland (our study from 2015): resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...)
December 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🧪 Inverted terra cotta plant pot bases for encouraging #Osmia bees that normally #nest under stones. Osmia inermis females were encouraged to nest in lowbush blueberry fields in Newfoundland (our study from 2015): resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...)
🧪 Illustrated key to the Central and Northwest European species of the bee genus Colletes LATREILLE, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) www.wildbienenzentrum.de/anthophila/a... #bees
Anthophila-03-Einzelartikel-Veröffentlichungen : Kompetenzzentrum Wildbienen
Unsere Zeitschrift widmet sich in wissenschaftlichen Beiträgen neuesten Erkenntnissen zur Taxonomie, Verbreitung, Ökologie, Gefährdung, Schutz und Monitoring von Wildbienen.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🧪 Illustrated key to the Central and Northwest European species of the bee genus Colletes LATREILLE, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) www.wildbienenzentrum.de/anthophila/a... #bees
Colour variation in the #Megachile subgenus #Megachiloides has likely had an impact on #conservation assessments for some of the #species. I will be talking about this later today at #Hymathon2025 #bees
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Colour variation in the #Megachile subgenus #Megachiloides has likely had an impact on #conservation assessments for some of the #species. I will be talking about this later today at #Hymathon2025 #bees
🧪Arthropod species loss underpins biomass declines www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Arthropod species loss underpins biomass declines - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Insects are declining in many regions. Here the authors show that arthropod biomass losses in Jena Experiment and Biodiversity Exploratories time series are driven more by species loss than by species...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🧪Arthropod species loss underpins biomass declines www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪 Structural and Functional Co-Adaptation of Plants of the Genus Lysimachia L. (Primulaceae) and Pollinating Insects of the Genus Macropis Panzer (Hymenoptera, Melittidae) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Structural and Functional Co‐Adaptation of Plants of the Genus Lysimachia L. (Primulaceae) and Pollinating Insects of the Genus Macropis Panzer (Hymenoptera, Melittidae)
The co-adaptation of bees from the genus Macropis and Lysimachia plants has been studied in detail. Research shows that bees collect not just pure liquid oil from flower petals but tear off trichome ...
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November 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
🧪 Structural and Functional Co-Adaptation of Plants of the Genus Lysimachia L. (Primulaceae) and Pollinating Insects of the Genus Macropis Panzer (Hymenoptera, Melittidae) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#Honeybee colonies swarm when the colony gets too large, with 1/2 the colony’s workers + the old queen leaving to find a suitable cavity; this is what I though was happening in the first photo. However, open-air colonies are rarely observed in regions with cold winters like SK. #saskatchewan
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
#Honeybee colonies swarm when the colony gets too large, with 1/2 the colony’s workers + the old queen leaving to find a suitable cavity; this is what I though was happening in the first photo. However, open-air colonies are rarely observed in regions with cold winters like SK. #saskatchewan
🧪 Keys to the genera and subgenera of the bee subfamily Euryglossinae (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) www.ingentaconnect.com/content/pemb...
Keys to the genera and subgenera of the bee subfamily Euryglossin...: Ingenta Connect
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November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🧪 Keys to the genera and subgenera of the bee subfamily Euryglossinae (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) www.ingentaconnect.com/content/pemb...
🧪 Western Palaearctic Chelostoma bees of the subgenus Chelostoma (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
Western Palaearctic Chelostoma bees of the subgenus Chelostoma (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species
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November 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🧪 Western Palaearctic Chelostoma bees of the subgenus Chelostoma (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
The beautiful nighttime sky of Saskatchewan tonight #northernlights
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The beautiful nighttime sky of Saskatchewan tonight #northernlights
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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🚀 Big news from BHL! 🌱
We’ve launched our Transition Fundraising Campaign to help BHL navigate the move to independence and secure a sustainable, global future for open biodiversity knowledge. #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL #OpenAccess
🔗 Read more and donate: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/10/dona...
We’ve launched our Transition Fundraising Campaign to help BHL navigate the move to independence and secure a sustainable, global future for open biodiversity knowledge. #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL #OpenAccess
🔗 Read more and donate: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/10/dona...
BHL Transition Update #6: Fundraising Campaign – Support the Future of Open Biodiversity Knowledge
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is launching a new public fundraising campaign to help us navigate our transition to independence. This is our first major campaign since the announcement th…
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October 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
🚀 Big news from BHL! 🌱
We’ve launched our Transition Fundraising Campaign to help BHL navigate the move to independence and secure a sustainable, global future for open biodiversity knowledge. #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL #OpenAccess
🔗 Read more and donate: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/10/dona...
We’ve launched our Transition Fundraising Campaign to help BHL navigate the move to independence and secure a sustainable, global future for open biodiversity knowledge. #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL #OpenAccess
🔗 Read more and donate: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/10/dona...
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The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto is looking for a Curator of Plants and Sustainability #academicjobs #iamabotanist royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/Sf2iAO...
Curator of Plants & Sustainability - Royal Ontario Museum - Career Page
Apply to Curator of Plants & Sustainability at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto is looking for a Curator of Plants and Sustainability #academicjobs #iamabotanist royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/Sf2iAO...
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🚨🪲 COOL JOB ALERT 🪲🚨
3-year position at the Western Australian Museum working on an awesome beetle phylogenetics project, starting at $105k dollarydoos per annum: search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...
3-year position at the Western Australian Museum working on an awesome beetle phylogenetics project, starting at $105k dollarydoos per annum: search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨🪲 COOL JOB ALERT 🪲🚨
3-year position at the Western Australian Museum working on an awesome beetle phylogenetics project, starting at $105k dollarydoos per annum: search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...
3-year position at the Western Australian Museum working on an awesome beetle phylogenetics project, starting at $105k dollarydoos per annum: search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...
Our new paper “On the nomenclature of Bombus flavifrons Smith, 1866 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini)” @paulwilliamsnhm.bsky.social jhr.pensoft.net/article/1632...
On the nomenclature of Bombus flavifrons Smith, 1866 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini)
The name Bombus flavifrons has been applied to two different bumble bee species in North America, one described by Ezra Cresson in 1863, the other by Frederick Smith in 1866. Bombus flavifrons Cresson...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Our new paper “On the nomenclature of Bombus flavifrons Smith, 1866 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombini)” @paulwilliamsnhm.bsky.social jhr.pensoft.net/article/1632...
It’s great to be in Calgary, Alberta for the Entomological Society of Canada’s Annual Meeting. I will be talking about my research on one of my favourite groups of #bees @canentomologist.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It’s great to be in Calgary, Alberta for the Entomological Society of Canada’s Annual Meeting. I will be talking about my research on one of my favourite groups of #bees @canentomologist.bsky.social
🧪 This is pretty amazing!
September 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
🧪 This is pretty amazing!
🧪 Looking forward to going through this beautiful #book on #insect #architecture @princetonupress.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🧪 Looking forward to going through this beautiful #book on #insect #architecture @princetonupress.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529
Curatorial Associate
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cult...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529
🧪 Revealing hidden figures within natural history collections by empowering students with data sleuthing skills
So very pleased and proud to announce that our paper "Revealing hidden figures within natural history collections by empowering students with data sleuthing skills" has been published! #Wikidata #Bionomia #HiddenFigures acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Revealing hidden figures within natural history collections by empowering students with data sleuthing skills
Natural history collections document biodiversity and environmental change, supporting research, education, and conservation. Attribution in natural history collections is often inaccurate due to na...
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September 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
🧪 Revealing hidden figures within natural history collections by empowering students with data sleuthing skills
This cool new #graphicnovel is a great introduction to the importance of #insects. I am about 1/2 way through and am enjoying the #artwork, and the to the point way it is communicating important information about my favourite group of animals! #entomology #books #sciArt
August 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This cool new #graphicnovel is a great introduction to the importance of #insects. I am about 1/2 way through and am enjoying the #artwork, and the to the point way it is communicating important information about my favourite group of animals! #entomology #books #sciArt
The abundance of male Bombus bimaculatus is providing a lot of opportunities for crab spiders in our garden. It is only in the last decade we have found this #bumblebee species in SK and it is spreading quickly, now as far north as Nipawin, and now maybe our most common in the south. #beesofcanada
August 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The abundance of male Bombus bimaculatus is providing a lot of opportunities for crab spiders in our garden. It is only in the last decade we have found this #bumblebee species in SK and it is spreading quickly, now as far north as Nipawin, and now maybe our most common in the south. #beesofcanada
🧪 This is Stenotritus taylor Houston, 2025, only the 12th species in the genus, and one of only 22 species in the bee family Stenotritidae. No new species of Stenotritus has been described since 1935! This photo by Gary Taylor, from Terry Houston’s recent paper: search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...
August 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🧪 This is Stenotritus taylor Houston, 2025, only the 12th species in the genus, and one of only 22 species in the bee family Stenotritidae. No new species of Stenotritus has been described since 1935! This photo by Gary Taylor, from Terry Houston’s recent paper: search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...
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I love this figure in our review of sawflies of eastern North America. Shout out to @flydrocarbon.bsky.social for leading the charge and the @catherinelinnen.bsky.social lab! Check out the paper in the @entsocamerica.bsky.social Journal of Integrated Pest Management: academic.oup.com/jipm/article...
August 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I love this figure in our review of sawflies of eastern North America. Shout out to @flydrocarbon.bsky.social for leading the charge and the @catherinelinnen.bsky.social lab! Check out the paper in the @entsocamerica.bsky.social Journal of Integrated Pest Management: academic.oup.com/jipm/article...
Animals as beautiful as these greenbottle flies (Lucilia sp.) are likely in your back yard at this moment! #diptera #insects #macrophotography #backyardbugs
August 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Animals as beautiful as these greenbottle flies (Lucilia sp.) are likely in your back yard at this moment! #diptera #insects #macrophotography #backyardbugs