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.
smithbeelab.com
smithbeelab.com
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)
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!)
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!)
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)