We invite applications for two PhD project opportunities to work on social bee behaviour and ecology in Christoph Grueter’s group at the University of Bristol, UK.
Project #1 proposes to study the links between honeybee behaviour, nutrition & maternal effects. The supervisor team also includes Dr. Sinead English (Bristol University) and Prof. Adria LeBoeuf (University of Fribourg, Switzerland). Application deadline: 6 December 2021, start in September 2022. For more details, please see: https://tinyurl.com/hwyets. For information about requirements and on how to apply: https://www.swbio.ac.uk/.
Project #2 proposes to study how drifting behaviour is linked to foraging ecology and colony defence. This project involves field work in the UK, with honeybees, and in the Brazilian Amazon region, with stingless bees. The supervisor team includes Dr. Emily Bell (Bristol University) and is coordinated in collaboration with non-profit organisation Meli (www.meli-bees.org). Application deadline: 10 January 2022, start in September 2022. For more details, please see: https://t.co/moyUIm1Nye?amp=1. For information about requirements, see: https://t.co/GphhOtPZvQ?amp=1. Apply via: https://tinyurl.com/y7ttru8a.
For informal enquiries, please contact Christoph Grueter: c.grueter@bristol.ac.uk