The Rehan Lab @ York
Sandra Rehan, Professor
 Department of Biology, York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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2024

Science - Bumble bees lose their sense of smell after heat waves 
www.science.org/content/article/bumble-bees-lose-their-sense-smell-after-heat-waves

Smithsonian Magazine - Heat waves can make bumblebees lose their sense of smell www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heat-waves-can-make-bumblebees-lose-their-sense-of-smell-study-finds-heres-why-thats-a-problem-180985119/

Phys Org - The plants bees need to maintain a healthy diet have been revealed

York U News - Sandra Rehan receives York Research Chair - Faculty of Science

Morning AgClips - The Plants You Need to Keep Bees on a Healthy Diet Have Been Revealed

2023

CTV News - Wild bees face heightened environmental challenges in cities

Forbes - Urban Bees Are More Stressed Out Than Their Suburban Or Rural Sisters

Toronto Newsroom - Wild bees feel sting of city living: York U researchers

York News - Integrative population genetics and metagenomics in a wild bee

Newswise - Urbanization leads to more pathogens and inbreeding of wild bees

Breakfast Television - Sustainable living, bees and the environment

2022


Rehan elected to the Royal Society of Canada - RSC Class of 2022

Science News for Kids - What happens to mother bees’ brains as they age?

Lockport Union Sun - Back to Your Roots: The 'No Mow May' movement

Globe and Mail - No Mow May gains traction across Canada

2021

York News - Rehan
 wins prestigious E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship for work with bees

The Feed Podcast - Wild bee conservation research

NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship - Molecular Ecology and Behavioural Genetics


Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Current Exchange: Biology & Genomics Social Insects meeting

Eureka Alert Science News: Museum collections predict species abundance in the wild

Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences: Front Matter - Eusocial plants?

Science Magazine: Maternal Instincts Lead To Social Life Of Bees


CTV News: Study finds maternal instincts lead to social life of bees

Science Daily: Sociality sculpts similar patterns of molecular evolution in eusocial bees

Phys.org: Maternal instincts lead to social life of bees

The social life of bees: once solitary, behaviour plays a role in gene selection for socialness

2020

Science Rendezvous: Plant-Pollinator Networks and their Bees are Declining

Newsweek: Rise in Invasive Species May Lead to Massive Loss of Global Biodiversity

CTV News: Plant a seed, help a bee: Experts urge Canadians to plant wildflowers to save bees from decline
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Eureka Alert Science News: Some 94 per cent of wild bee and native plant species networks lost

Buzz on Bees: a Q&A session with YorkU's top bee experts - Faculties of Science and Environmental Studies 

Mom genes: What makes a bee brain buzz?

Centre for Bee Ecology Evolution and Conservation - Official Research Unit - York News

2019


Australian Native Bee Conference - Professors Rehan and Packer present keynote addresses in Brisbane

The Daily Review Atlas - Wild bee species critical to pollination on the decline

Scientific American - Microbes in flowers are crucial to bee diets

Flower “bed” works overtime as overnight bachelor pad for solitary bees - Texas Butterfly Ranch
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CTV News - Wild bee species critical to pollination on the decline

Boston Globe - N.H. study finds 14 local bee species on the decline

The Poetry of Science - A Local Disappearance - by Samuel Illingworth, Manchester Metropolitan University

Union Leader - 14 wild bee species native to New England on the decline

USDA NIFA - UNH Researchers Reveal More Than Dozen Wild Bee Species Declining in Northeast

Science Daily - More than dozen wild bee species declining in Northeastern U.S.

Granite Geek -  Concord Monitor - Honeybees in hives get the attention but our wild bees are hurting, too

Eureka Science News - Researchers reveal more than dozen wild bee species declining in Northeast
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​iHeartRadio Denver Talk Radio - Sandra Rehan on the History of Bees and Current Threats to Bees

The Joy of Discovery - Bee Lab PhD student, Wyatt Shell, wins UNH Research/Scholarship/Creativity award

2018

​Quanta Magazine -​ 
The Elusive Calculus of Insect Altruism

Foster's Daily Democrat - UNH organizing New England Bee Bioblitz

UNH Bee Lab Hosts 2018 New England Bee Bioblitz in Cheshire County June 22-24
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Bees, Birds, and Beyond: An Unexpected Journey on the Path to Conservation
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Morning Ag Clips - Researchers to study pollinator food availability

UNH Today - Researcher Receives Grant To Improve Pollinator Health

United States Department of Agriculture - UNH Researchers Find Drastic Decline in N.H.’s Bumble Bees
 
2017


Union Leader - UNH research: Dramatic decline in NH bumble bees

WMUR9 News - Drastic drop seen in NH bumblebee population, UNH study shows

Foster's Daily - 
UNH researchers: Bumblebees in drastic decline

NH Agriculture Experiment Station - 
UNH Researchers Find Drastic Decline in N.H.’s Bumble Bees

UNH Today - Bee Bullies: What the impact of aggression on brain chemistry can tell us about social rank

Science News for Students - Bee hotels are open for business
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UNH Kicks Off National Pollinator Week with Pollinator Appreciation Day June 19
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Bee Excited - 2017 New England Bee Bioblitz

UNH Today - The Buzz on Bees

Union Leader - Researchers: White Mountain Forest home to nearly 140 species of bees

Washington Post - White Mountain Forest is home to nearly 140 species of bees


NHPR - UNH Researchers Document 140 Species of Bee, Work to Improve Documentation and Conservation

UNH Today - UNH Research Finds White Mountain National Forest Home to Nearly 140 Species of Bees

NH Agricultural Experiment Station - White Mountain National Forest Home to Nearly 140 Species of Bees

NH1 news - Research says NH now home to 140 different kinds of bees

Newswise - UNH Research Finds White Mountain National Forest Home to Nearly 140 Species of Bees 
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2016

Science News for Students - Bee underfeeds eldest daughter, creating 'nursemaid'

Monadnock Leger Transcript - UNH researchers document bee diversity

AAAS - Bee populations expanded during global warming after the last Ice Age


Eagle-Tribune - Researchers find new bee species in NH

Foster's Daily - UNH researchers complete first assessment of state's bee population

Portland Press Herald - Study finds New Hampshire rich in bee species 

NHPR - UNH Report Finds 17 New Species of Bees in State

UNH Researchers Complete First Assessment of State’s Bee Population

UNH Today - Wyatt Shell
receives prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships from NSF


NH Wildlife Journal - Wilds Bees of New Hampshire

Second Annual Bee Bioblitz - July 8-11 in Hancock, New Hampshire

UNH Inquiry - Comparison of cuticular hydrocarbons in the small carpenter bee Ceratina calcarata

2015

Boston Globe - Bee enthusiasts to gather for pollinator event in NH
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UNH Bee Lab research featured at the NH Pollinator Summit

Rehan invited speaker Cambridge Entomological Club - Harvard University

Status of Native Bees in New England - New Hampshire Pollinator Summit

The Bees' Needs: Diversity and Sustainability of Native Pollinators

The Washington Times - Bee ‘BioBlitz’ invites people to learn about bees

Union Leader - Mount Washington will be abuzz with activity

The Washington Post - Bee hotels: One way to help native bees

UNH Bee Lab hosts Pollinator Appreciation Day

TEDx talk - The Secret Lives of Native Bees

Beehavior and Beyond: Realizations in Research

Bees in NH - Science on Tap

Rehan Invited plenary speaker OE3C 

Dr. Sandra Rehan invited speaker TEDx Piscataqua River

UNH Bee Research featured at NH Farm and Forest Expo

2014 

NH ‘Bee hotel’ abuzz with research about pollinators

Breaking Bio Episode 69 - Getting semi-social with Dr. Sandra Rehan! 

UNH Today - A bee on the brink: what a sub-social bee can tell us about evolutionary biology

Wired UK - Bee hotel will shed light on declining species

NHPR - The Exchange - A decline in bees: what's going on with our pollinators?

UNH Bee Research - New England bee biodiversity and pollinator protection campaign 

Live Science - Bumble Inn: New England gets a new 'hotel' for pollinators

NHPR - Bee hotel open to pollinators

New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station - Sustainable solutions to problems affecting bee health

Scientific American - Comparative genomics and social evolution in bees

Quanta Magazine - Social bees and loners - the genetic basis of group living

2013

UNH News - Bees underwent massive extinction when dinosaurs did

NBC News - Ancient bees may have been wiped out with the dinosaurs

BBC News - Dino impact also destroyed bees, says study

CBC Radio One - Quirks and Quarks - Bee extinction

Discovery News - Ancient bees, dinos may have died out together

The Weather Channel - Bees underwent massive extinction along with dinosaurs, researchers say

Herald Scotland - Bees 'were hit by mass extinction'

French Tribune - Extinction of dinosaurs and bees happened at same time

The Times of India - Bees were wiped out with dinosaurs 65 million years ago

Voice of Russia - Bees went through mass extinction