Théotime Colin
@theotimecolin.bsky.social
Ecology, Agriculture, Social insect biology, R stats and macrophotography. Will post bug pictures mainly.
We developed a simple method to detect bee colony failure using a single temperature sensor per hive and that is not dependent on the season. Tested on 96 bee colonies from three apiaries.
#honeybee #beeresearch #science #sensors #ecology
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#honeybee #beeresearch #science #sensors #ecology
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Temperature as an early warning signal of honeybee colony failure
How to identify ecological systems at risk of failure is a central question of modern biology and agriculture. Due to human impacts and global change,…
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October 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
We developed a simple method to detect bee colony failure using a single temperature sensor per hive and that is not dependent on the season. Tested on 96 bee colonies from three apiaries.
#honeybee #beeresearch #science #sensors #ecology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#honeybee #beeresearch #science #sensors #ecology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Varroa mites are spreading across Australia—posing a serious threat to honeybee colonies. Here's what beekeepers can do to protect their hives.
#bee #honeybees #varroa #australia #agriculture
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#bee #honeybees #varroa #australia #agriculture
theconversation.com/australian-h...
Australian honeybees are under attack by mites and beetles. Here’s how to keep your backyard hive safe
Varroa mites and small hive beetles are threatening Australian honey producers. Here’s how backyard beekeepers, and everyday honey lovers, can help.
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April 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Varroa mites are spreading across Australia—posing a serious threat to honeybee colonies. Here's what beekeepers can do to protect their hives.
#bee #honeybees #varroa #australia #agriculture
theconversation.com/australian-h...
#bee #honeybees #varroa #australia #agriculture
theconversation.com/australian-h...
We don't know much about these odd-looking Zasphinctus ants, except they seem to raid other ant nests, steal their larvae and eat them... Their narrow elongated bodies probably help them enter small galleries.
#ants #myrmecology non #armyants #fourmis #science
#ants #myrmecology non #armyants #fourmis #science
March 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
We don't know much about these odd-looking Zasphinctus ants, except they seem to raid other ant nests, steal their larvae and eat them... Their narrow elongated bodies probably help them enter small galleries.
#ants #myrmecology non #armyants #fourmis #science
#ants #myrmecology non #armyants #fourmis #science
Finally found a nest of Polyrhachis semiaurata, definitely one of the most beautiful ant species. It's really hard to take good photos of them because of their iridescence and general body shape.
#ants #fourmis #myrmecology #entomology
#ants #fourmis #myrmecology #entomology
March 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Finally found a nest of Polyrhachis semiaurata, definitely one of the most beautiful ant species. It's really hard to take good photos of them because of their iridescence and general body shape.
#ants #fourmis #myrmecology #entomology
#ants #fourmis #myrmecology #entomology
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A Velvet Worm. They can spit adhesive slime to capture a prey. Velvet worms have short, stubby legs called lobopods, that don't have joints. They have a really complex muscular system that allows them to move, partly by changing the pressure of the fluids inside their limbs.
March 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
A Velvet Worm. They can spit adhesive slime to capture a prey. Velvet worms have short, stubby legs called lobopods, that don't have joints. They have a really complex muscular system that allows them to move, partly by changing the pressure of the fluids inside their limbs.
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(7/12) Megaponera has some amazing adaptations. Here’s a raiding party returning home. Note how the large workers carry the termites, and the small ones don’t? However, two of the large workers are carrying small workers instead. Megaponera rescues injured combatants and even disinfects the wounds.
January 31, 2025 at 12:03 AM
(7/12) Megaponera has some amazing adaptations. Here’s a raiding party returning home. Note how the large workers carry the termites, and the small ones don’t? However, two of the large workers are carrying small workers instead. Megaponera rescues injured combatants and even disinfects the wounds.
Pony ants often have amazing metallic colours to help other animals like me remember how painful their sting is. It works just fine. This is Rhytidoponera confusa.
#ants #fourmis #myrmecology #nature #wildlife
#ants #fourmis #myrmecology #nature #wildlife
January 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Pony ants often have amazing metallic colours to help other animals like me remember how painful their sting is. It works just fine. This is Rhytidoponera confusa.
#ants #fourmis #myrmecology #nature #wildlife
#ants #fourmis #myrmecology #nature #wildlife
The intricate cuticle of a Botany Bay Diamond Weevil is a complex blend of trying to be seen by other weevils, trying not to be seen by weevil-eaters, and preventing parasitic mites from attaching.
#weevils #entomology #nature #bugs #macro
#weevils #entomology #nature #bugs #macro
January 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The intricate cuticle of a Botany Bay Diamond Weevil is a complex blend of trying to be seen by other weevils, trying not to be seen by weevil-eaters, and preventing parasitic mites from attaching.
#weevils #entomology #nature #bugs #macro
#weevils #entomology #nature #bugs #macro
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Wow, just wow.
V different approach reveals numerous problems in Scientific Reports - cf deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/10/an-o...
I do hope @springernature.bsky.social will start to publish reviewer reports and editor info as we suggested
V different approach reveals numerous problems in Scientific Reports - cf deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/10/an-o...
I do hope @springernature.bsky.social will start to publish reviewer reports and editor info as we suggested
January 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Wow, just wow.
V different approach reveals numerous problems in Scientific Reports - cf deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/10/an-o...
I do hope @springernature.bsky.social will start to publish reviewer reports and editor info as we suggested
V different approach reveals numerous problems in Scientific Reports - cf deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/10/an-o...
I do hope @springernature.bsky.social will start to publish reviewer reports and editor info as we suggested
Mayriella overbecki is one of the smallest ant species living in Australia (~2mm). They have large grooves on their heads, called antennal scrobes, to protect their antennae when in danger.
#ants #macro #macrophotography #myrmecology #insects
#ants #macro #macrophotography #myrmecology #insects
January 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Mayriella overbecki is one of the smallest ant species living in Australia (~2mm). They have large grooves on their heads, called antennal scrobes, to protect their antennae when in danger.
#ants #macro #macrophotography #myrmecology #insects
#ants #macro #macrophotography #myrmecology #insects
This Endoxyla encalypti moth got attracted and "trapped" by the lights of a train station. Light pollution is still a big issue.
Took close-ups of the scales on the wings and moved the moth to a darker place.
#moth #lepidoptera #macro #macrophotography #science #nature #entomology #insects #bugs
Took close-ups of the scales on the wings and moved the moth to a darker place.
#moth #lepidoptera #macro #macrophotography #science #nature #entomology #insects #bugs
January 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
This Endoxyla encalypti moth got attracted and "trapped" by the lights of a train station. Light pollution is still a big issue.
Took close-ups of the scales on the wings and moved the moth to a darker place.
#moth #lepidoptera #macro #macrophotography #science #nature #entomology #insects #bugs
Took close-ups of the scales on the wings and moved the moth to a darker place.
#moth #lepidoptera #macro #macrophotography #science #nature #entomology #insects #bugs
Probably the largest caterpillar I have found so far (Chelepteryx collesi or batwing moth), perfect for close-ups of the prolegs and their claws, and the spiracles that open up to the tracheal system of insects.
#macro #nature #science #macrophotography #lepidoptera #entomology #insects #bugs
#macro #nature #science #macrophotography #lepidoptera #entomology #insects #bugs
January 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Probably the largest caterpillar I have found so far (Chelepteryx collesi or batwing moth), perfect for close-ups of the prolegs and their claws, and the spiracles that open up to the tracheal system of insects.
#macro #nature #science #macrophotography #lepidoptera #entomology #insects #bugs
#macro #nature #science #macrophotography #lepidoptera #entomology #insects #bugs
There are many non-honeybee insects that pollinate flowers, but not a lot of images showing it clearly. I got lucky to accidentally catch this beetle literally depositing pollen on a flower's pistil.
#pollination #insects #bugs #photography #science #pollen
#pollination #insects #bugs #photography #science #pollen
December 6, 2024 at 8:46 AM
There are many non-honeybee insects that pollinate flowers, but not a lot of images showing it clearly. I got lucky to accidentally catch this beetle literally depositing pollen on a flower's pistil.
#pollination #insects #bugs #photography #science #pollen
#pollination #insects #bugs #photography #science #pollen
A #honeybee from one of my research hives, which are currently packed with hive sensors to help me understand how temperature and humidity correlate with colony health.
#bee #beekeeping #entomology #science #apiculture #macro #photography
#bee #beekeeping #entomology #science #apiculture #macro #photography
December 5, 2024 at 12:03 PM
A #honeybee from one of my research hives, which are currently packed with hive sensors to help me understand how temperature and humidity correlate with colony health.
#bee #beekeeping #entomology #science #apiculture #macro #photography
#bee #beekeeping #entomology #science #apiculture #macro #photography
Anyone able to confirm Colobostruma elliotti for these minuscule #ants I found today south of Sydney, #Australia?
There are barely any photos of this group, they are so small and hard to photograph.
#myrmecology #entomology #antsofaustralia #ant #macro #macrophotography
There are barely any photos of this group, they are so small and hard to photograph.
#myrmecology #entomology #antsofaustralia #ant #macro #macrophotography
November 24, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Anyone able to confirm Colobostruma elliotti for these minuscule #ants I found today south of Sydney, #Australia?
There are barely any photos of this group, they are so small and hard to photograph.
#myrmecology #entomology #antsofaustralia #ant #macro #macrophotography
There are barely any photos of this group, they are so small and hard to photograph.
#myrmecology #entomology #antsofaustralia #ant #macro #macrophotography
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🐝 We're currently advertising three PhD projects to study bees at Bristol University, UK. Two focus on foraging behaviour, ecology & nutrition, one on parasitic bees and their impact on indigenous stingless beekeeping in Peru.
Feel free to share: www.socialinsect-research.com/opportunitie...
Feel free to share: www.socialinsect-research.com/opportunitie...
November 15, 2024 at 9:38 AM
🐝 We're currently advertising three PhD projects to study bees at Bristol University, UK. Two focus on foraging behaviour, ecology & nutrition, one on parasitic bees and their impact on indigenous stingless beekeeping in Peru.
Feel free to share: www.socialinsect-research.com/opportunitie...
Feel free to share: www.socialinsect-research.com/opportunitie...
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Seems we have enough Australian Entomology / other insect people to start a starter pack. Who have I missed?
go.bsky.app/8d9RtMC
go.bsky.app/8d9RtMC
November 17, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Seems we have enough Australian Entomology / other insect people to start a starter pack. Who have I missed?
go.bsky.app/8d9RtMC
go.bsky.app/8d9RtMC
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what a beautiful bumble bee... oh wait, that's a fly!
a robber fly that that is a predator of bees and wasp, so cool!
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
a robber fly that that is a predator of bees and wasp, so cool!
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
November 18, 2024 at 8:09 PM
what a beautiful bumble bee... oh wait, that's a fly!
a robber fly that that is a predator of bees and wasp, so cool!
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
a robber fly that that is a predator of bees and wasp, so cool!
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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And another starter pack for bee people. Who am I missing here? go.bsky.app/3sLLXsG Happy to get the list growing and spread the word.
October 19, 2024 at 3:54 PM
And another starter pack for bee people. Who am I missing here? go.bsky.app/3sLLXsG Happy to get the list growing and spread the word.
Time for an introduction?
I am a honeybee researcher, interested in how colonies maintain nest homeostasis and in improving bee health. I have a background in ecology & entomology and have worked on invasive ants before switching to bees.
In my spare time, I take bug pics, these are my bees:
I am a honeybee researcher, interested in how colonies maintain nest homeostasis and in improving bee health. I have a background in ecology & entomology and have worked on invasive ants before switching to bees.
In my spare time, I take bug pics, these are my bees:
November 17, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Time for an introduction?
I am a honeybee researcher, interested in how colonies maintain nest homeostasis and in improving bee health. I have a background in ecology & entomology and have worked on invasive ants before switching to bees.
In my spare time, I take bug pics, these are my bees:
I am a honeybee researcher, interested in how colonies maintain nest homeostasis and in improving bee health. I have a background in ecology & entomology and have worked on invasive ants before switching to bees.
In my spare time, I take bug pics, these are my bees:
Polyrhachis femorata #ants from Australia. They may not be the most colourful, but the fine sculpture of their cuticle is amazing.
#myrmecology #macro #entomology #insects
#myrmecology #macro #entomology #insects
September 13, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Polyrhachis femorata #ants from Australia. They may not be the most colourful, but the fine sculpture of their cuticle is amazing.
#myrmecology #macro #entomology #insects
#myrmecology #macro #entomology #insects
We have a new paper on using weight to manage and study #honeybee colonies.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#beekeeping #science #research #apidologie
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#beekeeping #science #research #apidologie
Next-generation colony weight monitoring: a review and prospectus - Apidologie
Healthy honey bee colonies follow predictable patterns of weight change through the season, gaining weight when resources are abundant and losing weight during periods of scarcity. Divergence from thi...
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September 10, 2024 at 12:47 PM
We have a new paper on using weight to manage and study #honeybee colonies.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#beekeeping #science #research #apidologie
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#beekeeping #science #research #apidologie
In our new paper we quantified the impact of crop covers on the activity of honeybee colonies during almond pollination:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#bee #honeybee #pollination #science #research
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#bee #honeybee #pollination #science #research
Quantifying the impact of crop coverings on honey bee orientation and foraging in sweet cherry orchards using RFID
The Journal of Applied Entomology publishes the most current research in applied entomology, including mites and spiders in terrestrial ecosystems.
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March 23, 2024 at 12:19 AM
In our new paper we quantified the impact of crop covers on the activity of honeybee colonies during almond pollination:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#bee #honeybee #pollination #science #research
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#bee #honeybee #pollination #science #research