Last week BeeCon 2020, the annual bee research symposium hosted by the good people at York University, happened via Zoom. The presentations were varied, interesting and (I mean this as a compliment) nerdy. But one in particular grabbed my attention: an investigation by Lyllian Corbin, a masters student at Brock University in the Brock Bee Lab, into the social behavior of Lasioglossum ellisiae. Is this bee solitary or eusocial?
Social then solitary – then social again?
Social then solitary – then social again?
Social then solitary – then social again?
Last week BeeCon 2020, the annual bee research symposium hosted by the good people at York University, happened via Zoom. The presentations were varied, interesting and (I mean this as a compliment) nerdy. But one in particular grabbed my attention: an investigation by Lyllian Corbin, a masters student at Brock University in the Brock Bee Lab, into the social behavior of Lasioglossum ellisiae. Is this bee solitary or eusocial?