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Carlos Ruiz
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Associate Professor at the University of La Laguna. Wild bee diversity on islands 🐝🏝️ Evolution and Conservation
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Canarias destaca por el alto número de especies de abejas endémicas que no existen en ningún otro lugar. Sin embargo, la nueva evaluación de las abejas europeas en la Lista Roja de Especies Amenazadas revela una situación preocupante para algunas de ellas
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Endemismos en riesgo: el desafío de conservar las abejas de Canarias – Polinizadores
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November 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Out now in @science.org, OIST researchers and collaborators find 79% of endemic ant species in Fiji in decline, highlighting the vulnerability of island biodiversity to ecosystem changes: www.oist.jp/news-center/...
Island ant communities show signs of ‘insect apocalypse’
79% of endemic species show signs of decline, highlighting the vulnerability of island biodiversity to ecosystem changes.
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September 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands. DNA analysis of endemic specimens in museums finds 79% of ant populations in Pacific archipelago are shrinking.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands
DNA analysis of endemic specimens in museums finds 79% of ant populations in Pacific archipelago are shrinking
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Hace poco se anunció el hallazgo de un insecto palo gigante (Acrophylla alta) en Australia. ¿Os suena? ¡Seguro que sí!

Pues os diré algo: cada semana se describen cientos de nuevas especies de artrópodos en el mundo (aunque no son tan mediáticas). ¡Conocer la biodiversidad es clave para protegerla!
August 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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L'abeille mellifère, domestique, représente une seule espèce que nous sélectionnons selon nos besoins de production, de miel essentiellement. Comme les poules.

La biodiversité des abeilles sauvages, de la superfamille des Apoidea, est bien +vaste, 950 espèces en 🇫🇷. Ce sont elles qui sont en danger.
Affiche Pollinis représentant une partie de la biodiversité des abeilles en France. https://boutiquepollinis.myshopify.com/products/affiche-100-abeilles-sauvages-de-france
November 29, 2024 at 6:05 PM
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🦋 ¡El próximo viernes 25 de julio te invitamos a conocer una mariposa única en el mundo!

Ven a conocer a la Mariposa del Año 2025 🏆: el Sátiro de El Hierro (Hipparchia bacchus), uno de los tesoros más especiales de la isla.

📍 Lugar: Valle de El Golfo, norte de El Hierro

📩 [email protected]
July 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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🦋✨ ¿Estás en El Hierro este viernes 25 de julio?

Ven a conocer a la Mariposa del Año 2025 🏆: el Sátiro de El Hierro (Hipparchia bacchus), uno de los tesoros más especiales de la isla 🏝️

📍 Lugar: Valle de El Golfo, norte de El Hierro

⏰ Hora: 16:30 h

📩 Info e inscripciónes: [email protected]
July 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Ceylalictus variegatus ♀︎ (Halictidae), abeja que se distribuye sobre todo en el sur y este peninsular y a pesar de ser común, es difícil de ver por su pequeño tamaño (4-5mm). Cabeza y tórax verde metalizado y abdomen negro con bandas amarillas.
Caracoles (P.N.Doñana)
20/05/25
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July 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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🦋 ¿Te gustaría ayudar a conservar una mariposa única en el mundo? ¡Buscamos colaboradores en El Hierro!

Únete a nuestro equipo para monitorizar el sátiro de El Hierro - Hipparchia bacchus - una mariposa endémica que solo vive en esta isla y #MariposaDelAño 2025

✉️ [email protected] 👇
July 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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¿Es la apicultura más perjudicial que beneficiosa?
A medida que se multiplican las colmenas gestionadas de abejas melíferas, desaparecen las abejas silvestres y las mariposas. Dado que las abejas melíferas no están en peligro de extinción, ¿es la apic...
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July 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Robert Ostrom, @schuemaa.bsky.social and co show concrete consequences of changing land, as honey bees need to travel almost twice as far during foraging flights after construction. doi.org/10.1242/bio....
Honey bees nearly double their foraging distance by shifting and consolidating their preferred sites to remaining, isolated habitat patches within the larger land use changes. (A) Aerial imagery in 2022 of the study area in Blacksburg, VA, USA. Grey polygons represent all the lands converted in 2020-2021. Orange represents small patches of undisturbed microhabitat left within the developments. Black circle denotes the location of the hives. (B) Honey bees nearly double their communicated foraging distance in 2022 (sample size n=502) compared to 2018-2019 (sample size n=382) (mean±c.i, two-tailed likelihood ratio test used for analysis). Here each datapoint is a decoded waggle dance. (C) Honey bee foraging, as determined by dance decoding before (2018-2019, blue) and after (2022, red) the land use change, demonstrated that the bees shifted recruitment to the more distant, remaining orange patches within the grey, especially in the northern corner of the new housing development.
July 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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#VALOR has launched a new communication channel - its official website 💻
It will serve as the main hub for project updates, events, outputs, and project overview.

🌐Explore the site and stay informed: valor-project.eu
July 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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The looming government cuts that are destroying native bee research and monitoring efforts

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Bees are collapsing in the U.S. A key to their secrets might vanish.
The top federal lab on native bees is set to close under President Trump’s budget.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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🧪 How many bee species are there? A quantitative global estimate www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
How many bee species are there? A quantitative global estimate
Robust species richness estimates are critical for meaningful conservation prioritization, understanding ecosystem resilience, and studying evolutionary processes1-4. Yet, they remain elusive even for...
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June 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Every country is warming.

Every country is experiencing more extreme weather events because of climate change, mainly caused by burning fossil fuels. www.ShowYourStripes.info

Time to #ShowYourStripes and start climate conversations to prompt actions to reduce emissions, personally & collectively.
June 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Fitness fight: Native bees struggle against invasive honey bee
New Curtin University research has revealed that high densities of European honey bees could be harming Australian native bees’ ‘fitness’ by reducing their reproductive success and a...
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May 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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In a blog post published by the #UniversityofReading, #VALOR coordinator Dr. Tom Breeze explains why pollinator conservation must go beyond farmers and include the entire food system.🐝

💻 Read full blog post here: research.reading.ac.uk/research-blo...
Bee declines affect more than just farmers – the entire food industry needs to step up - Connecting Research
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May 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Día mundial de las abejas – Polinizadores
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May 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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🐝 Hoy es el #DíaMundialDeLasAbejas
¿Sabías que en Canarias hay más de 130 especies de abejas, la mayoría silvestres y solitarias? Aunque no hacen miel, ¡son esenciales para nuestros ecosistemas! 🌼https://polinizadoresdecanarias.org/dia_mundial_de_las_abejas/
May 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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#HappyBeeDay
savewildbees.bsky.social Sheila Colla, Ph.D @savewildbees.bsky.social · Mar 3
Happy #WorldWildlifeDay. A friendly reminder that livestock cannot replace native biodiversity, despite what you may have heard.
May 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Exciting news! 🌟 The VI Iberian Congress of Biological Systematics (CISA 2025) will be held in Tenerife, a true biodiversity hotspot in Macaronesia 🏝️🔬
🔗 cisaconference.org
CISA 2025 | VI Iberian Congress of Biological Systematics 2025
VI Iberian Congress of Biological Systematics in Tenerife, Spain, October 26-30, 2025. Explore latest advances in systematics and evolutionary biology.
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April 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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So excited for this paper by the Insect Loss RCN led by Chris Halsh! #insectloss @cbahlai.bsky.social academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Meta-synthesis reveals interconnections among apparent drivers of insect biodiversity loss
Abstract. Scientific and public interest in the global status of insects has surged recently; however, understanding the relative importance of different s
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April 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Ha salido el informe climático europeo de 2024:

- Es el continente que más se está calentando

- Las inundaciones provocaron 335 muertos

- Segundo año con mayor días con fuerte estrés térmico

Europa tiene que liderar la transición ecológica. Nos va la vida en ello.

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Estado del Clima Europeo: llamativo contraste entre el este y el oeste del Viejo Continente e inundaciones generalizadas en el año más cálido en Europa
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April 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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🐝 🦋 🪰 🧬 Hosting Opportunity for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025 - Pollinators Conservation + Omics in @um.es Spain.

If you hold a PhD (max 8 years’ experience) and meet MSCA PF criteria, apply by July 7, 2025.

Please forward! 📢📢

More info in:
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🐝 🦋 🪰 🧬 Hosting Opportunity for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025 -… | Pilar De la Rúa
🐝 🦋 🪰 🧬 Hosting Opportunity for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025 - Pollinators Conservation + Omics approaches in Universidad de Murcia, Spain. If you hold a PhD (max 8 years’ experience) and meet M...
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April 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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NEW PAPER from the GLiTRS team! 🎉

We review how best to use different types of evidence to better understand global insect declines 🦗🪳🪲🦋🐛🐜

"Integrating multiple evidence streams to understand insect biodiversity change" published in @science.org

🔗 tinyurl.com/mr35bdaa

A summary 🧵 below (1/7)
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April 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM