Our Interests

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

  • 7 June 2023: New paper on 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.
  • 31 October 2022: We're recruiting! Interested in a PhD project on honeybee ecology, behaviour and health? Find more information here. 
  • 26 October 2022: Welcome to Mini Graydon, Dan Jones and Luís Arrochela Braga Carvalho who have joined our lab as MRes students!
  • 20 December 2021: Big congratulations to Simone Glaser on her excellent PhD defence! We wish Simone all the best for the future!