the latest buzz

The Ohio State University is hosting a pollinators in the city speaker series from November 29th through December 3rd at 10am EASTERN. The webinar series will focus on the biology and human dynamics of pollinator conservation in urban settings.

Gerardo Camilo is part of a team of researchers from UMSL, the Saint Louis Zoo, Webster University, Maryville University, and the Missouri Botanical Garden who were awarded a USDA grant to study pollinators in urban orchards

Sacha, Nina, Trey, and Gerardo teach the Audubon Society about the birds and the bees…and mosquitos too!

Congratulations to Madeleine on her award-winning undergraduate research project on Eastern carpenter bees (Xylocopa virginica) experiencing wing discoloration in St. Louis!

Lab members Sacha Heath, Nina Fogel, Jenny Mullikin, and Trey Hull co-authored a review chapter in Urban Agroecology, edited by Monika Egerer and Hamutahl Cohen.

Shutterbee project from Dr. Nicole Miller-Struttmann of Webster University and Billiken Bee Lab’s Nina Fogel are getting participants outside and documenting important bee data in their backyards.

It’s bittersweet to say congratulations and good bye to two lab members - Jordan Hathaway and Josh Marino - who were honored in SLU’s Senior Legacy Symposium for their work on using continuous models to classify bee size.

The Billiken bee lab wants to curb your social distancing boredom with some science communication!