🧠🐝 New research alert!
A parasitic fly is silently infecting and killing honey bees in San Francisco.
🌆🌡️📉 check the article: www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/16... @sanfranciscostate @sfstatebio
#UrbanBees #Pollinators #ScienceInSF #Ecology #BeeHealth

TALK – TODAY! 🐝🦠
Join us virtually for a seminar hosted by ICESI University, Cali, Colombia!
📅 June 20
🕕 6:15 PM (Colombia time)
💻 Virtual Event
Title: Collateral Damage: Dietary Fungicides Disrupt Metabolism and Microbial Diversity in Mason Bees
@icesi @sfstatebio.bsky.social #Ecology

🌊 All invited to the symposium #UNOC3 Community Conservation and Biocultural Governance for an Inclusive Blue Bioeconomy
Organized by @ToLopezL @sfstatebio.bsky.social
📍 Thursday, June 12 at 2:45 PM 📍 ORCA Room, Green Zone

📢 Join the conversation
#Conservation #UNOC3

Strategies for Conservation and Sustainable Development on the Caribbean Coast @unoceandecade.bsky.social An excellent event organized by MinAmbiente Colombia,
@Tomas Lopez Londono 🪸@sfstatebio.bsky.social‬

Paula Ceballos, Shan Brooks, and Brenda Penaloza are investigating how drought affects tomato plants and western flower thrip (WFT) interactions. Global Eco Lab explores the physiological mechanisms underlying the phenotypic variation of WFT and plants under stressors. @sfstatebio.bsky.social

Field season has begun, and students are being trained in field methods such as small mammal handling, lizard catching, and tick sampling. Funded by PacVec, a CDC-collaborative Center of Excellence, photos here show graduate students, Grace Oram, Gerardo Ramos, and Timara Veren in the field-Swei Lab