Nov 2, 2018
Honey bee immunity: more specific than we thought
Nature can be hostile, especially for insects — tiny creatures that deal with big problems. They get eaten, they dry out, they get...
Oct 23, 2017
Gettin' buzzed with honey bees
Back in June, I attended the National Communicating Science Conference (#ComSciCon) in Cambridge, MA and one of the many awesome people I...
Aug 14, 2017
Honey bees drink dirty water as a nutrient supplement
As National Honey Bee Day (yes, it's a thing!) approaches, check out a guest blog post I wrote for the Genetics of Taste Lab at the...
Jan 31, 2017
My recent stint in the lab
This past summer, I raised honey bees on different diets on the Tufts Vet School campus in Grafton, MA. I am interested in how those...
Mar 4, 2016
Balance is key
Recently, Harmen P. Hendriksma and Sharoni Shafir of the Bee Research Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel...