Smith Bee Lab
@smithbeelab.bsky.social
We're interested in collective behavior, nest architecture, social physiology, and how honey bee colonies do what they do.
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@smithbeelab.bsky.social
· Sep 16
The Smith Bee Lab is HIRING! 🐝🐝🐝
- Postdoc (2-4yrs, flexible start-date)
- 1-2 Graduate Students (to start Fall 2026)
No prior experience with honey bees needed, we encourage people from diverse research areas to apply!
(no jerks, plz)
- Postdoc (2-4yrs, flexible start-date)
- 1-2 Graduate Students (to start Fall 2026)
No prior experience with honey bees needed, we encourage people from diverse research areas to apply!
(no jerks, plz)
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Here's my latest contribution to the "Lost Science" series at the New York Times: Jay Falk, a scientist who studies why some female hummingbirds look just like males. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qF7Qje
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Here's my latest contribution to the "Lost Science" series at the New York Times: Jay Falk, a scientist who studies why some female hummingbirds look just like males. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qF7Qje
Nothing says "dinner party" like a large boa constrictor!
Great to have Ummat Somjee @the-bug-hut.bsky.social as the DBS seminar speaker this week.
(btw, we ate tacos, not David Boa)
Great to have Ummat Somjee @the-bug-hut.bsky.social as the DBS seminar speaker this week.
(btw, we ate tacos, not David Boa)
October 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Nothing says "dinner party" like a large boa constrictor!
Great to have Ummat Somjee @the-bug-hut.bsky.social as the DBS seminar speaker this week.
(btw, we ate tacos, not David Boa)
Great to have Ummat Somjee @the-bug-hut.bsky.social as the DBS seminar speaker this week.
(btw, we ate tacos, not David Boa)
Do peeps have suggestions for where to advertise postdoc positions broadly?
Have done eco-evo, and evo-dir, but would welcome applicants from all sorts of fields (maths, physics, computer science).
Have done eco-evo, and evo-dir, but would welcome applicants from all sorts of fields (maths, physics, computer science).
The Smith Bee Lab is HIRING! 🐝🐝🐝
- Postdoc (2-4yrs, flexible start-date)
- 1-2 Graduate Students (to start Fall 2026)
No prior experience with honey bees needed, we encourage people from diverse research areas to apply!
(no jerks, plz)
- Postdoc (2-4yrs, flexible start-date)
- 1-2 Graduate Students (to start Fall 2026)
No prior experience with honey bees needed, we encourage people from diverse research areas to apply!
(no jerks, plz)
October 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Do peeps have suggestions for where to advertise postdoc positions broadly?
Have done eco-evo, and evo-dir, but would welcome applicants from all sorts of fields (maths, physics, computer science).
Have done eco-evo, and evo-dir, but would welcome applicants from all sorts of fields (maths, physics, computer science).
The Smith Bee Lab is HIRING! 🐝🐝🐝
- Postdoc (2-4yrs, flexible start-date)
- 1-2 Graduate Students (to start Fall 2026)
No prior experience with honey bees needed, we encourage people from diverse research areas to apply!
(no jerks, plz)
- Postdoc (2-4yrs, flexible start-date)
- 1-2 Graduate Students (to start Fall 2026)
No prior experience with honey bees needed, we encourage people from diverse research areas to apply!
(no jerks, plz)
September 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Smith Bee Lab is HIRING! 🐝🐝🐝
- Postdoc (2-4yrs, flexible start-date)
- 1-2 Graduate Students (to start Fall 2026)
No prior experience with honey bees needed, we encourage people from diverse research areas to apply!
(no jerks, plz)
- Postdoc (2-4yrs, flexible start-date)
- 1-2 Graduate Students (to start Fall 2026)
No prior experience with honey bees needed, we encourage people from diverse research areas to apply!
(no jerks, plz)
Why have ONE party tent, when you can have TWO?!?
(thanks Andrew for snapping the pic!)
(thanks Andrew for snapping the pic!)
September 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Why have ONE party tent, when you can have TWO?!?
(thanks Andrew for snapping the pic!)
(thanks Andrew for snapping the pic!)
Cientifico Latino is an awesome program, AND yes, you should definitely apply for the NSF GRFP (even if it's a tight deadline!)
Applying to the NSF-GRFP (or another fellowship) on a tight deadline?
We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨
🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks
#NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship
We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨
🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks
#NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship
September 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Cientifico Latino is an awesome program, AND yes, you should definitely apply for the NSF GRFP (even if it's a tight deadline!)
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In humans, bigger teams often mean less effort per person — the #Ringelmann effect. Weaver #ants 🐜 flip the script: #teamwork makes them superefficient!
Video + paper out now in Current Biology!
@cellpress.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/44yrvp6m
tinyurl.com/3jnnevfn
Video + paper out now in Current Biology!
@cellpress.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/44yrvp6m
tinyurl.com/3jnnevfn
Superefficient teamwork in weaver ants / Curr. Biol., Aug. 12, 2025 (Vol. 35, Issue 17)
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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August 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In humans, bigger teams often mean less effort per person — the #Ringelmann effect. Weaver #ants 🐜 flip the script: #teamwork makes them superefficient!
Video + paper out now in Current Biology!
@cellpress.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/44yrvp6m
tinyurl.com/3jnnevfn
Video + paper out now in Current Biology!
@cellpress.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/44yrvp6m
tinyurl.com/3jnnevfn
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A week ago we were told via YouTube that USDA-BARC and our Bee Lab will be closed. BARC has had a productive 90 years but is aging and I trust there is a longterm vision behind this decision. The largest loss will be the people, who are 100% devoted to bees, beekeepers, science, and this country.
July 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A week ago we were told via YouTube that USDA-BARC and our Bee Lab will be closed. BARC has had a productive 90 years but is aging and I trust there is a longterm vision behind this decision. The largest loss will be the people, who are 100% devoted to bees, beekeepers, science, and this country.
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Made it to Baltimore for #ABS2025 !! Come to my talk in the Dietary Decisions section Thursday at 3:00 (spoiler: it’s not about dietary decisions!!), and message or find me if you want to chat about research or my experience in @smithbeelab.bsky.social (recruiting grad students!).
July 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Made it to Baltimore for #ABS2025 !! Come to my talk in the Dietary Decisions section Thursday at 3:00 (spoiler: it’s not about dietary decisions!!), and message or find me if you want to chat about research or my experience in @smithbeelab.bsky.social (recruiting grad students!).
June 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Perfect day for beekeeping. 10/10.
(Thanks to Erica and Andrew for keeping it cool!)
(Thanks to Erica and Andrew for keeping it cool!)
June 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Perfect day for beekeeping. 10/10.
(Thanks to Erica and Andrew for keeping it cool!)
(Thanks to Erica and Andrew for keeping it cool!)
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PhD wins can feel few and far between, so I’m thankful for this week! Not only did I finish my quals and become a candidate, but I also was awarded a Wellesley College Graduate Fellowship! Had to celebrate in @smithbeelab.bsky.social tradition.
May 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
PhD wins can feel few and far between, so I’m thankful for this week! Not only did I finish my quals and become a candidate, but I also was awarded a Wellesley College Graduate Fellowship! Had to celebrate in @smithbeelab.bsky.social tradition.
Any chance anyone gets hard copies of Current Biology?
(looking to get a copy from 16 Dec 2024)
(looking to get a copy from 16 Dec 2024)
March 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Any chance anyone gets hard copies of Current Biology?
(looking to get a copy from 16 Dec 2024)
(looking to get a copy from 16 Dec 2024)
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Check out this wild resin forager in her natural tree nest. She has tree resin packed on her back legs where pollen is typically stored. It will be made into propolis to coat the cavity for antimicrobial protection and water sealing. Shot with the Laowa 24mm macro probe.
November 16, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Check out this wild resin forager in her natural tree nest. She has tree resin packed on her back legs where pollen is typically stored. It will be made into propolis to coat the cavity for antimicrobial protection and water sealing. Shot with the Laowa 24mm macro probe.
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@aztecacecropia.bsky.social has developed incredible techniques for watching the change in time of every cell of a honeybee nest. Cells are specialized, clustered, and polarize their function!
January 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
@aztecacecropia.bsky.social has developed incredible techniques for watching the change in time of every cell of a honeybee nest. Cells are specialized, clustered, and polarize their function!
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Friends, plz repost and share! We are hiring a lab technician with exp in mol biology and general lab management. BS or MS degree and good org skills are required. Deadline Feb 1, 2025. We are a welcoming and equitable lab community. Details at link below. 🐸🐢🐍🦎
zamudiolab.org/2024/12/18/k...
zamudiolab.org/2024/12/18/k...
KZLab is Seeking a Lab Technician!
The Zamudio Lab (zamudiolab.org) in the Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin seeks a highly motivated and detail-oriented laboratory technician to play a key role in supporting the resear…
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December 18, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Friends, plz repost and share! We are hiring a lab technician with exp in mol biology and general lab management. BS or MS degree and good org skills are required. Deadline Feb 1, 2025. We are a welcoming and equitable lab community. Details at link below. 🐸🐢🐍🦎
zamudiolab.org/2024/12/18/k...
zamudiolab.org/2024/12/18/k...
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Our architectural symmetry paper made the cover of Current Biology! Congrats to @smithbeelab.bsky.social and the team. Check out the form, function, and evolutionary origins of honeybee nest symmetry here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
December 17, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Our architectural symmetry paper made the cover of Current Biology! Congrats to @smithbeelab.bsky.social and the team. Check out the form, function, and evolutionary origins of honeybee nest symmetry here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
So excited to see BEES (and their beautiful nest) on the cover of Current Biology!
@currentbiology.bsky.social
This work wouldn't have been possible without a super team of researchers, and the cover wouldn't have been possible without the phenomenal Peter Marting! @aztecacecropia.bsky.social
@currentbiology.bsky.social
This work wouldn't have been possible without a super team of researchers, and the cover wouldn't have been possible without the phenomenal Peter Marting! @aztecacecropia.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 8:43 AM
So excited to see BEES (and their beautiful nest) on the cover of Current Biology!
@currentbiology.bsky.social
This work wouldn't have been possible without a super team of researchers, and the cover wouldn't have been possible without the phenomenal Peter Marting! @aztecacecropia.bsky.social
@currentbiology.bsky.social
This work wouldn't have been possible without a super team of researchers, and the cover wouldn't have been possible without the phenomenal Peter Marting! @aztecacecropia.bsky.social
I probably should have mentioned this a while ago, but I'm at the Wiko (@wiko-berlin.bsky.social) this fall, on a College for Life Sciences Fellowship!
As you can tell, I've adopted the "Berlin Fashion" particularly well...
(Many thanks to Hannah Darabi for taking the photo)
As you can tell, I've adopted the "Berlin Fashion" particularly well...
(Many thanks to Hannah Darabi for taking the photo)
December 14, 2024 at 3:34 PM
I probably should have mentioned this a while ago, but I'm at the Wiko (@wiko-berlin.bsky.social) this fall, on a College for Life Sciences Fellowship!
As you can tell, I've adopted the "Berlin Fashion" particularly well...
(Many thanks to Hannah Darabi for taking the photo)
As you can tell, I've adopted the "Berlin Fashion" particularly well...
(Many thanks to Hannah Darabi for taking the photo)
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Excited to announce my first paper! I looked at how honeybees continuously reduce their comb area after nest expansion & the fine-scale detailing that goes into it. Very thankful for everyone at the Smith Bee Lab, and excited to share some fun results!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 26, 2023 at 5:32 PM
Excited to announce my first paper! I looked at how honeybees continuously reduce their comb area after nest expansion & the fine-scale detailing that goes into it. Very thankful for everyone at the Smith Bee Lab, and excited to share some fun results!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...