We're interested in the behaviour, ecology and evolution of social insects, especially social bees.
Foraging in a Changing World
The world bees inhabit has changed dramatically in the last decades. We study how these anthropogenic environmental changes affect the value of communication, decision-making strategies and the health of bees.
Tropical Interactions
Stingless bees show great diversity in their lifestyles. We study the evolution of social traits and how they shape ecological interactions.
Molecular Basis of Behaviour
Even within a colony, bees show strikingly different behaviours. We explore the molecular basis of this variation by studying gene expression patterns or signalling in the brain.
Contact:
Dr. Christoph Grüter (c.grueter@bristol.ac.uk) School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ United Kingdom
Latest news
12 December 2025: Congrats to Mini Graydon on her first paper, published in Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology.
7 August 2025: Check out Yongqiang's latest paper published in Ecology & Evolution.
12 November 2024: We are offering two PhD opportunities to work with stingless bees in Peru (project 1) and to study flower constancy and diet in bees (project 2).
7 June 2023: Newpaperon the diversity of communication in bees, out in PNAS.
24 February 2023: Hot off the press, Dr. Simone Glaser's latest paper in Animal Behaviour.
