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Victor Gonzalez Betancourt named curator in bee biodiversity and evolution

The Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas has named Victor Gonzalez Betancourt as the inaugural Charles D. Michener Assistant Professor and Assistant Curator in Bee Biodiversity and Evolution. He will begin his role in early January 2026 with a joint faculty appointment in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology.
Newly emerged male cellophane bee Colletes inaequalis Say at a nesting aggregation in Tenhave Woods Nature Preserve in Royal Oak, Michigan, in 2024.

Study: Cellophane bees are built for chill temperatures, more so than honeybees

Scholarship from the University of Kansas shows the cellophane bee is specialized by evolution to handle the harsh shocks and cold temperatures of early spring.
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KU Symbiota leads a new project to mobilize biodiversity collections in Central America

The Symbiota division at the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum is partnering with nine institutions in Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica on a new initiative to mobilize biodiversity collections in Central America.
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