A series collection of 10 various pollinators found in the Basque Country, all interaction with local flora.
For #EarthDay2026, we highlight the diversity of #Basque pollinators we study, exploring their interactions, stability, and resilience. 🌿🐝
Six members taking a selfie in front of Itxina before heading to the fieldsites. Team members are carrying insect nets and other misc field supplies.
Two team members are surveying for bumblebees in open fields of a meadow.
Hoverfly on Bellis perennis
Lasioglossum on Taraxacum sp.
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 💪.
Post doc Luisja holds tweezers with a Bombus pascuorum, preparing to extract the guts.
Closeup of extracting the guts (in right tweezer) of Bombus pascuorum (left tweezers).
Busy spring in the lab. 🌼 Here, post doc @luisjachueca.bsky.social extracts the guts of Bombus pascuorum (the common carder bee), collected by the team in Gorbeia Natural Park last season. We're curious to investigate its microbiome composition, diversity and much, much more... 🧬🐝
La primavera empieza con millones de pequeñas arquitectas de la naturaleza: las hembras de las abejas silvestres que construyen nidos y llenan el paisaje de vida. Hoy celebramos también a las mujeres que estudian y protegen la biodiversidad.
#DiaInternacionalDeLaMujer 💜🐝
@ebdonana.bsky.social
Highlighting some great work published last year, led by our own postdoc Estefanía Tobajas, showing how landscape and crop diversity boosts yield stability 🌿🐝
I had a great time talking about pollinators, hummingbirds, and why biodiversity is the foundation of resilient ecosystems with @scihanna.bsky.social. We discuss how diversity helps ecosystems withstand shocks and why it matters for both nature and people. Listen here: www.scilux.eu/episodes/hum...
Team member presenting "Developing Functional Profiles for Wild and Managed Pollinator Guy Microbiomes"
Team member presenting "Beyond Seed Set: What Shapes Seed Quantity and Viability in Wild Plant Assemblages"
Two team members admiring a natural rock arch
Two team members hiking
Reflecting on another great conference at @ecoflor.bsky.social in #Tortosa. 🌿🌼 The SARE team shared our latest research through two talks and a poster, discussing wild bee #microbiomes, seed #viability, and #feral honey bees. Plus, we wrapped up the trip with a (very windy) excursion to Els Ports. ⛰️
🌸 The SARE Lab team joined #SCAPE2025 in Priego de Córdoba, sharing our latest work on pollinator ecology & microbiomes 🐝🦠
We presented 2 talks + 2 posters on how global change affects pollinator dynamics, biodiversity & ecosystem stability 🌍💛
#Ecology #Pollinators #GlobalChange
Zorionak Dr. Maddi Artamendi 🎉 for successfully completing her thesis entitled “Plant–Pollinator Interactions: From Diversity and Plasticity to the Stability of Pollination Services” 🌿🐝
Bombus pascuorum pollinating Teucrium pyrenaicum in Gorbeia Natural Park
Three technicians sampling in Gorbeia Natural Park
Kaixo BlueSky! 👋 We are SARE Lab [Sare means network in Basque, reflecting our focus on the intricate connections within nature]. Learn more about our team and research here: gorbeea.bc3research.org
