Grupo de investigación de la Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, interesados en la biología y ecología de las abejas nativas y otros himenópteros en Colombia,
Nuestros estudiantes @HaroldPulido15 y @Dgplata1997 participaron en el XIII Congreso Mesoamericano de Abejas Nativas. Un gran espacio de enriquecimiento y reencuentro con antiguos miembros del grupo @NicolsRengifo2
Project 3 - Does variation in body and appendage size across elevation and temperature gradients in bee communities? We found strong correlation indicating that species richness decreases, body size increases and appendages decrease with elevation youtu.be/EiP3yRZDre0
Project 4 - Can raspberry pis be implemented to study foraging behavior in social bees? Yes! This technology was successfully implemented and we found support suggesting that larger bumble bees start foraging earlier than smaller bees in the same colony youtu.be/F8UQK35fw44
Project 1 - How does shade impact plant vegetative, reproductive, and floral traits?
We found that blueberries and strawberries benefit from shade (for vegetative, reproductive and photosynthetic traits)
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Project 2 - Does variation in body size and color offer an advantage to bees across elevation and temperature gradients?
We found that color and body size help with thermoregulation but size is more important for social bees and color for solitary bees youtu.be/dK6lm9s6jH4
We had the great opportunity today to give a presentation to the 10th graders of Colegio San Isidrio from Cajica. #NSFIRES students talked about climate change and pollination and results of their research projects this summer @beaslab@lamilitar@lopezuribelab@AgSciResearch
Getting ready for our final presentations next week! Looking forward to sharing all the amazing science we worked this summer! #NSF@lopezuribelab@beaslab@lamilitar
We've been catching an amazing diversity of bees! The orchid bee traps baited with various chemical lures have captured so many cool bees and we are learning a lot about the changes in bee communities across Colombia 🇨🇴 🐝 @beaslab@ColombianComPSU