我长大的地方没有熊蜂。我们在俄亥俄的林间小溪边偶遇，在日内瓦湖的花丛里重逢，然后我终于认识到自然，终于感受到缘分。
We know plastic pollution and climate change can threaten insect pollinators, but the story gets more complex when we take into account eusocial nature of many.
In this latest publication, we used computer vision techniques to track the impacts of microplastic and/or heat exposure on bumblebee (Bombus terristris) colonies. While the effects on individuals were often considered sublethal and somewhat trivial, significant impairments to colony developments emerged through chronic accumulation and social interaction. Such negative effects would eventually threaten the essential pollination services that they provide for agriculture and terrestrial ecosystems in general, as plastic pollution and climate change becoming the global risks for decades to come. The paper is now available at https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-10833-5.
This is the very first leading research paper for me as a PhD candidate, and it’s been a long and challenging journey. For the past several years, I managed to build an automatic rearing system from scratch, learned about computer vision and social networks, filed out a patent, and most importantly, try to get along with these fluffy energetic creatures ;-D
第一次见到这种胖乎乎、毛茸茸的生物，是四年前的事情。它们似乎永远精力旺盛，一旦逃离蜂箱就再也不肯回去，在实验室里翻飞着与我们斗智斗勇。
做实验的那段日子里，它们一度成为我的噩梦素材——有时铺天盖地的熊蜂向我涌来，有时我又成为蜂群中的一员。
相机、饲养箱、玻璃皿、镊子。我用尽一切手段来观察，但还是对它们一无所知。在这几十毫克的躯体内究竟有多少想法？在它们眼里的我又是什么？
我长大的地方没有熊蜂。我们在俄亥俄的林间小溪边偶遇，在日内瓦湖的花丛里重逢，然后我终于认识到自然，终于感受到缘分。
最后，感谢你们从未对我动用过那根蛰针。相比于我的所作所为，这完全是一种以德报怨的仁慈。