Sabrina Rondeau, PhD

@SabRondeau

🐝 Researcher | Postdoc at @uOttawa | Co-founder of @AbeillesCit_Qc | @ArrellFoodInst Scholar alumna | Entomology, ecology, agri-food, and bees!! (she/her)

Guelph, Ontario sabrinarondeau.ca Joined February 2018

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Sabrina Rondeau, PhD @SabRondeau Apr 17, 2024

🚨🐝 FUN SCIENCE ALERT! 🐝🚨Hibernating bumblebee queens can survive up to a WEEK underwater!! The discovery stems from an oversight leading to these tough little queens defying the odds, emerging alive after an accidental underwater stint! 🌊🐝 #FunScience #BumblebeeSuperheroes

Nigel Raine @NigelERaine Apr 16, 2024

Can #bumblebee queens endure periods of inundation while overwintering underground? New Biology Letters paper from Dr. @SabRondeau suggests that hibernating queens can survive up to 1 week submerged under water: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2… #OpenAccess #Pollinators @RSocPublishing

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Sabrina Rondeau, PhD @SabRondeau Sep 13, 2024

Recently published in @SciTotEnv w/@Squash_Bee : sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This study is an attempt at characterizing and comparing #pesticide risk among North American wild #bee species from their association with agriculture. 🐝👩‍🌾🌽🚜🍎

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Sabrina Rondeau, PhD @SabRondeau Jul 31, 2024

How does exposure to commonly encountered #pesticide residues in soil during hibernation affect #bumblebee queens? Find out in our new paper: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… with @NigelERaine ⚠️🐝👑

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Sabrina Rondeau, PhD @SabRondeau Apr 24, 2024

For more details about our study on bumblebee queen's resilience to flooding, check out this online seminar! 🐝🌊 #UnveilingTheSecret

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'Unveiling the submerged secrets: #bumblebee queens' resilience to flooding' - watch @SabRondeau discuss her #BiologyLetters paper in this seminar 🐝: ow.ly/nEcK50RlXVR
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Sabrina Rondeau, PhD @SabRondeau Mar 20, 2024

Thrilled to see our new paper out in ProcB. Full read for free here 👉royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… 🐝🎃🌼

royalsocietypublishing.org Single and combined exposure to ‘bee safe’ pesticides alter behaviour and offspring production in a... Abstract. Mounting evidence supporting the negative impacts of exposure to neonicotinoids on bees has prompted the registration of novel ‘bee-friendly’ ins

Nigel Raine @NigelERaine Mar 20, 2024

New ProcB paper from Dr. @SabRondeau showing that single & combined exposure to ‘bee safe’ #pesticides alter behaviour and offspring production in a ground-nesting solitary squash #bee (Xenoglossa pruinosa) doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2…
#OpenAccess #Pollinators @RSocPublishing

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