For #EarthDay2026, we highlight the diversity of #Basque pollinators we study, exploring their interactions, stability, and resilience. 🌿🐝
¡Nuevo estreno! ¿Quieres ayudar a las abejas? Planta flores silvestres: aportan alimento a las abejas silvestres y otros polinizadores, y mejoran el suelo y el clima. Valen balcones, jardines o campos. Pero… ¿qué plantas elegir? Os ayudamos con esta lista.
👉 www.abejassilvestres.es/resources/pl...
The bumble bee hover fly (Volucella bombylans), one of our favorite bee mimics. #syrphid #FlyWeek 🪰 Here, in the haemorrhoidalis color form.
#Leafcutter bee season begins! 😍🐝 This male marks one of the first #Megachile to emerge this year. For the past two seasons, we have installed trap nests in Gorbeia NP to measure reproductive success and explore species diversity for cavity nesting Hymenoptera.
Fresh from the printer 😍! Sneak peak of our new field guide, introducing the pollinators of Gorbeia NP (in Basque, Spanish and English). Illustrations by @paulamartínart. 🐝🌿🪰
We are hiring a new postdoc to join our team! 🐝👀🧬
Learn more about the position here: www.bc3research.org/en/job_offer...
It's currently flowering season for Armeria euscadiensis, an endemic plant found only along the Basque coast (euskal itsas krabelina in #Euskara). A few pollinators were enjoying the view as well. 🌿
Yesterday we participated in the Jornadas de Naturaleza - Sopelako Natura Astea. PI @ainhoamagrach.bsky.social introduced the diversity of Basque pollinators, while postdoc Estefanía discussed wild bee nesting strategies. The day wrapped up with a field excursion and a bee hotel workshop 🐝
This week we began our first round of #fieldwork for the season, keeping busy with #plant-pollinator interaction surveys, #flower marking, #biomass collection and more 🌿🐝. Teamed up with new and returning members, we are ready to tackle yet another year in #Gorbeia Natural Park 💪.
BC3 offers a full-time postdoctoral researcher position to support the research activities, and specifically to work on the international project GorBEEa, funded by the European Commission through an ...
We are back from the field! 🌿
Soil, plant, and trait sampling in Burgos and Bardenas is now complete for our collaboration with @berdugolab.bsky.social 🏜️
Excited to see what comes out of all this effort! 🤓 @luisjachueca.bsky.social @ainhoamagrach.bsky.social
