Likely a cellophane bee aggregation! If you look closer, you’ll see them coming and going from their nesting holes in the ground (and possibly some mating).

SPRING!!! The cellophane bees are out and about! 🐝🐝

Annual #rstats least effective figure competition in Env Methods and Statistics! My fave activity to introduce students to ggplot and all it can do. Graphs made with data from @allisonhorst.bsky.social Palmer penguins package. allisonhorst.github.io/palmerpengui...

Had a blast testing Theresa Crochet Shop’s new pattern, Maverick the Manta Ray! I named mine Rachael Ray. Pattern now available! www.theresascrochetshop.com/products/plu...

Practicing probability and playing games in this afternoon’s @friarbiology.bsky.social Environmental Methods and Stats! @provcollege.bsky.social

Prepping for a new Bonoan Lab project! Elizabeth is starting seeds for caterpillar food! 🌱🐛

Season’s Greetings from the Bonoan Lab! 🎄🐝🦋

Cookie chat with an environmental scientist happening in the Providence College STEM Zone now until 5pm! #FriarBio

I’m up in Moore Hall! Check out Providnece College’s FirstGen exhibit while it’s still there. #FirstGenSTEM

What a fun Insect Pollinator Ecology field trip! Thanks to the URI Bee Lab for hosting us!

I'm Rachael. My lab studies what bees and butterflies eat, how what they eat changes with seasons/species interactions, and how those changes affect behavior.

I'm passionate about education, #scicomm, and engaging diverse people in STEM by encouraging curiosity! providencepollinators.com