Olivia Bernauer, PhD
@oliviabernauer.bsky.social
global change x pollinators, Asst Prof of Conservation Biology @ UW-Eau Claire, keen on native flora and neenish tarts, she/her. Opinions my own.
www.oliviabernauer.com
www.oliviabernauer.com
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For #EntSoc2025 folks interested in insect responses to extreme weather, Neal Williams and I are hosting a session, "Hot Bees" in D133/134. We'll focus the methods and tools we can use to understand how heat waves impact wild pollinators across ecological scales. Join us! 🌡️🐝💨🌼
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
For #EntSoc2025 folks interested in insect responses to extreme weather, Neal Williams and I are hosting a session, "Hot Bees" in D133/134. We'll focus the methods and tools we can use to understand how heat waves impact wild pollinators across ecological scales. Join us! 🌡️🐝💨🌼
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Stylidium eriopodum - commonly called the Boomerang Triggerplant
Like all Triggerplants, this plant has a floral column on a sensitive trigger which reacts to the flower being touched and coats any visiting #pollinators in pollen. Endemic to WA
#ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
Like all Triggerplants, this plant has a floral column on a sensitive trigger which reacts to the flower being touched and coats any visiting #pollinators in pollen. Endemic to WA
#ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Stylidium eriopodum - commonly called the Boomerang Triggerplant
Like all Triggerplants, this plant has a floral column on a sensitive trigger which reacts to the flower being touched and coats any visiting #pollinators in pollen. Endemic to WA
#ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
Like all Triggerplants, this plant has a floral column on a sensitive trigger which reacts to the flower being touched and coats any visiting #pollinators in pollen. Endemic to WA
#ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
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Check out our latest publication on volatile-mediated interactions between plants and insect herbivores, pollinators, and natural enemies!! Here, we review the literature on volatile multifunctionality and propose new ideas for sustainable insect management.
Excited to share my latest publication with @entothompson.bsky.social and Emily Russvage. Here, we reviewed how plants leverage multifunctional volatiles to mediate plant-insect interactions simultaneously with multiple insect groups in agroecosystems. Check it out! 🌿🐛🐝🐞
doi.org/10.1093/ee/n...
doi.org/10.1093/ee/n...
Making “scents” of how plant volatiles influence agriculturally important insects: a review
Abstract. Plants emit hundreds, if not thousands, of different volatile chemical compounds, although the function of most individual volatiles remains elus
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Check out our latest publication on volatile-mediated interactions between plants and insect herbivores, pollinators, and natural enemies!! Here, we review the literature on volatile multifunctionality and propose new ideas for sustainable insect management.
Excited to share my latest publication with @entothompson.bsky.social and Emily Russvage. Here, we reviewed how plants leverage multifunctional volatiles to mediate plant-insect interactions simultaneously with multiple insect groups in agroecosystems. Check it out! 🌿🐛🐝🐞
doi.org/10.1093/ee/n...
doi.org/10.1093/ee/n...
Making “scents” of how plant volatiles influence agriculturally important insects: a review
Abstract. Plants emit hundreds, if not thousands, of different volatile chemical compounds, although the function of most individual volatiles remains elus
doi.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Excited to share my latest publication with @entothompson.bsky.social and Emily Russvage. Here, we reviewed how plants leverage multifunctional volatiles to mediate plant-insect interactions simultaneously with multiple insect groups in agroecosystems. Check it out! 🌿🐛🐝🐞
doi.org/10.1093/ee/n...
doi.org/10.1093/ee/n...
Curious about the current happenings in the Bernauer Pollinator Conservation lab? Check out our latest blog post by UW-EC undergraduate researchers on Which bumble bees are in Eau Claire? 🐝
www.oliviabernauer.com/post/which-b...
www.oliviabernauer.com/post/which-b...
Which bumble bees are in Eau Claire?
Hello! Kinsley and Orlean here, We are the bumble bee surveying team here with updates about how our research went over the summer in Eau Claire, WI. For starters, the weather over summer was very int...
www.oliviabernauer.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Curious about the current happenings in the Bernauer Pollinator Conservation lab? Check out our latest blog post by UW-EC undergraduate researchers on Which bumble bees are in Eau Claire? 🐝
www.oliviabernauer.com/post/which-b...
www.oliviabernauer.com/post/which-b...
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The new #NSF #GRFP application now excludes 1000’s of students, including those who were told they could apply this year, or who planned to apply next year.
We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
September 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The new #NSF #GRFP application now excludes 1000’s of students, including those who were told they could apply this year, or who planned to apply next year.
We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
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Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io
September 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
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I would like to take this opportunity to remember Melissa Hortman, a serving Democratic politician assasinated by a right-winger.
September 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I would like to take this opportunity to remember Melissa Hortman, a serving Democratic politician assasinated by a right-winger.
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AMNH is hiring a #curator! We are searching for an “Assistant Curator in #Climate #Physics: #Atmosphere or #Ocean”! Join us! careers.amnh.org/postings/4579 #academicjobs #tenuretrack
careers.amnh.org
September 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
AMNH is hiring a #curator! We are searching for an “Assistant Curator in #Climate #Physics: #Atmosphere or #Ocean”! Join us! careers.amnh.org/postings/4579 #academicjobs #tenuretrack
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Know your rights, Illinois.
Stay safe and stay informed.
Stay safe and stay informed.
September 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Know your rights, Illinois.
Stay safe and stay informed.
Stay safe and stay informed.
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Fresh global-analysis admirably lead by @eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social (+ @oliviabernauer.bsky.social PhD data) indicates native bee pollination services leads to higher-quality apples = improved weight & seed set.
How do you like them apples? 🍎
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
How do you like them apples? 🍎
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Global synthesis of apple pollination research highlights general pollen limitation and positive contributions of wild bees compared to honeybees
Our study highlights that pollen limitation is common in this global crop. While managed honeybees are dominant pollinators, a diverse community of wild bees contributes significantly to apple pollin...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Fresh global-analysis admirably lead by @eeraertsmaxime.bsky.social (+ @oliviabernauer.bsky.social PhD data) indicates native bee pollination services leads to higher-quality apples = improved weight & seed set.
How do you like them apples? 🍎
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
How do you like them apples? 🍎
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Shocked and sad and amazed to see my first live spotted lanternfly in our own backyard (Chicago). Gorgeous animal—I wasn’t prepared for how beautiful it was. 🥲 Squashed and reported on @inaturalist.bsky.social
August 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Shocked and sad and amazed to see my first live spotted lanternfly in our own backyard (Chicago). Gorgeous animal—I wasn’t prepared for how beautiful it was. 🥲 Squashed and reported on @inaturalist.bsky.social
Do you like safe food? Agricultural innovations? Informed farmers?
Reminder to voice your opinion about the restructuring of the USDA to the USDA and to your elected officials if you have not yet done so.
www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
Reminder to voice your opinion about the restructuring of the USDA to the USDA and to your elected officials if you have not yet done so.
www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
www.usda.gov
August 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Do you like safe food? Agricultural innovations? Informed farmers?
Reminder to voice your opinion about the restructuring of the USDA to the USDA and to your elected officials if you have not yet done so.
www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
Reminder to voice your opinion about the restructuring of the USDA to the USDA and to your elected officials if you have not yet done so.
www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
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🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 6! Leave a public comment opposing the repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding.
✍️ Comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/EP...
🧠 Learn more here: www.cnn.com/2025/08/03/p...
🌿 Here is a script (copy and paste alt text for ease!)
#31days
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 6! Leave a public comment opposing the repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding.
✍️ Comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/EP...
🧠 Learn more here: www.cnn.com/2025/08/03/p...
🌿 Here is a script (copy and paste alt text for ease!)
#31days
![Use and adapt our drafted comment below or write your own!
I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the Endangerment Finding. The science is clear: greenhouse gases unequivocally harm our health and our environment. Weakening or repealing the Endangerment Finding will make it harder, and costlier to protect our communities from pollution and from the effects of climate change.
Optional: I care about this issue because [insert your personal reasoning here -e.g. "my father has COPD," "I recently lost my home to a devastating hurricane"]
I urge you to keep the Endangerment Finding in place and to apply science to protect our health and our environment for generations to come.
****Remember, if you want to cite research to upload the paper as a file.****](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz2kqdg6gks3tx4h4lnyvllv/bafkreiat4ert5xchrtip7jks4fbzy6o6qqpzkbanbz4pofbll4b3xngnru@jpeg)
August 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 6! Leave a public comment opposing the repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding.
✍️ Comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/EP...
🧠 Learn more here: www.cnn.com/2025/08/03/p...
🌿 Here is a script (copy and paste alt text for ease!)
#31days
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 6! Leave a public comment opposing the repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding.
✍️ Comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/EP...
🧠 Learn more here: www.cnn.com/2025/08/03/p...
🌿 Here is a script (copy and paste alt text for ease!)
#31days
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absolutely wild to think about how much better off we'd be if we just believed girls and women
August 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
absolutely wild to think about how much better off we'd be if we just believed girls and women
Colors of summer
August 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Colors of summer
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Everybody working on social insects: the IUSSI has a fancy new website and they're building a map of all the labs that focus on social insects. Is this you? Add yourself to the map:
www.socialinsects.org/map
IUSSI = International Union for the Study of Social Insects
www.socialinsects.org/map
IUSSI = International Union for the Study of Social Insects
Map | IUSSI
www.socialinsects.org
July 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Everybody working on social insects: the IUSSI has a fancy new website and they're building a map of all the labs that focus on social insects. Is this you? Add yourself to the map:
www.socialinsects.org/map
IUSSI = International Union for the Study of Social Insects
www.socialinsects.org/map
IUSSI = International Union for the Study of Social Insects
I think I'll always have a soft spot for cool citizen science, not only because I love contributing to iNaturalist, but because my master's research involved conducting citizen science. Go document your world! 🦦🌾🪸🪰🦜
iNaturalist accelerates biodiversity research url: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
iNaturalist accelerates biodiversity research url: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
iNaturalist accelerates biodiversity research
Abstract. Participatory citizen science is expanding, with iNaturalist emerging as one of the most widely used platforms globally. However, its application
academic.oup.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I think I'll always have a soft spot for cool citizen science, not only because I love contributing to iNaturalist, but because my master's research involved conducting citizen science. Go document your world! 🦦🌾🪸🪰🦜
iNaturalist accelerates biodiversity research url: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
iNaturalist accelerates biodiversity research url: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Feeling so lucky to have had the opportunity to meet many endangered Karner blue butterflies today. Such a little, beautiful thing flittering by. Also saw many other lovely pollinators 🦋🐝🌻
July 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Feeling so lucky to have had the opportunity to meet many endangered Karner blue butterflies today. Such a little, beautiful thing flittering by. Also saw many other lovely pollinators 🦋🐝🌻
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Our new paper published today in Current Biology shows that immediate international cooperation is needed to conserve the eastern North American monarch butterfly.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
July 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Our new paper published today in Current Biology shows that immediate international cooperation is needed to conserve the eastern North American monarch butterfly.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Saturday backyard pals
July 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Saturday backyard pals