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Our paper “Bumble bees damage plant leaves and accelerate flower production when pollen is scarce” has reached an altmetric score of 2330. This means that it landed in the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric. Overall, 66 news outlets have reported on it, 3291 tweeters included it in their tweets, and it was featured in 15 blogs an 20 facebook pages. We are proud of the authors Foteini Pashalidou, Harriet Lambert, Thomas Peybernes, Mark Mescher and Consuelo De Moraes! (30 May 2020)

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external pageWhy Are These Bees Stabbing Plants? Our research has recently been featured in the „SciShow”. The American Youtube channel, hosted by Hank Green, amassed over six million subscribers with the recent show being watched by more than 123’000 users.

Our paper “Bumble bees damage plant leaves and accelerate flower production when pollen is scarce” achieved an unusually high level of attention in the media. The research of Foteini Pashalidou, Harriet Lambert, Thomas Peybernes, Mark Mescher and Consuelo De Moraes was covered in the external pageScientific American, external pageBBC News, external pageScience Now, external pageNews Scientist, external pageScience News, external pageFuturity, external pageAdvanced Science News and about 50 other high-reach publications. (3 June, 2020)