Weekly Beesearch: Foulbrood Diseases

Weekly Beesearch: Foulbrood Diseases

This is a two-part series looking into common diseases that honey bees and their hives may acquire. Infection rates have been steadily increasing over the years as hive rentals place colonies near each other, facilitating the transfer of what would have previously...
Weekly Beesearch: Bumblebees in Distress

Weekly Beesearch: Bumblebees in Distress

So Bumblebees are some of the only other species of bee that form colonies, the other being bees in the Apis, or honeybee, family. However, bumblebee colonies are much smaller, usually, around 50 members per colony, as opposed to the tens-hundreds of thousands a honey...
Weekly Beesearch: Honey Harvest

Weekly Beesearch: Honey Harvest

Last night we received word about the status of our trip to France. Governor Cuomo ordered that all NY state schools cancel their spring break trips, and ordered all study-abroad students to come home. We fall under this category, and our flight was canceled. However,...
Production Week 6: Coronavirus & A Beekeeper Speaks

Production Week 6: Coronavirus & A Beekeeper Speaks

We have all been closely monitoring the coronavirus at home, but for us, more importantly, the effects of global travel to France.  What affects the world around us also affects our classroom. As of today, March the 3rd, we are clear to go to France, based on the CDC...