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Bee extinction: Why we’re saving the wrong bees

Think honey bees are disappearing? Or that the more hives we have the better? Think again. Here’s why they’re the bad boys of the bee world, and what we should be focusing on instead.

A documentary by DW Planet A, with the participation of Isabelle Dajoz, Professor at the University of Paris Cité within the EERI team of the DCFE department of IEES Paris

"DCFE" Department, “EERI” Team, Isabelle Dajoz, Media / General public / Vulgarization, University Paris Cité, Videos
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How to live in the city when you are an ant? (Live City of Paris)

As part of a partnership with the City of Paris, several members of the laboratory (Basile Finand, Céline Bocquet, Pierre Federici, Thibaud Monnin et Nicolas Loeuille (“EERI” Team of “DCFE” Department and “ESEAE” Team of “EcoEvo” Department) sample the soil fauna and in particular the ants in the Parisian green spaces. To popularize and explain this […]

"DCFE" Department, “EcoEvo” Department, “EERI” Team, “ESEAE” Team, Media / General public / Vulgarization, Nicolas Loeuille, Videos
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Corentin Dourmap

Participation of Corentin DOURMAP to MT180 contest

Corentin DOURMAP is PhD student at iEES Paris. Last March 19th he participated in the final contest of Alliance Sorbonne Université of the Ma Thèse en 180 secondes contest. He has been able to describe simply his PhD project which consist in studying the seed development. He used a metaphor to be understood by general public: the building of a shelving unit. Watch the video of his performance.

“APCE” Team, Colloquiums, Département “IPE”, Sorbonne University, Videos
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projet fedkito

FEDKITO for a better shelf-life of perishable food

FEDKITO is a project funded by the PRIMA Foundation in which members of the CreA team are involved. It will prolong the shelf-life of perishable Mediterranean food products by providing innovative smart active packaging based on chitosan aromatized with essential oils together with advanced biosensors. ? Project web site Concept Somewhere between 15 and 50% […]

“CReA” Team, “Ecosens” Department, Projects / Partnerships, Sorbonne University, Videos
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Diversite-corps-fourmi-en-cercle

Worker size diversity does not improve colony success in the ant Temnothorax nylanderi

Social groups consist of individuals that differ from one another, and many studies show that this diversity improves group efficiency. In social insects, size diversity can, for example, improve the efficiency of foraging, nest building, brood rearing and production of young queens. Thus, colonies that re more diverse are generally also more efficient. Romain Honorio […]

“EcoEvo” Department, “ESEAE” Team, Published!, Sorbonne University, Videos
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Ver plat

Obama chez moi! The invasion of metropolitan France by the land planarian Obama nungara(Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae)

Obama nungara is a species of land flatworm originating from South America; the species was recently described and distinguished from a similar species, Obama marmorata. Obama nungara has invaded several countries of Europe, but the extent of the invasion has not been thoroughly mapped.

"DCFE" Department, “BioDIS” Team, Media / General public / Vulgarization, Paris Est Créteil University, Participatory science, Videos
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