

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...
Nov 2, 2018


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...
Oct 23, 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...
Aug 14, 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...
Jan 31, 2017


Balance is key
Recently, Harmen P. Hendriksma and Sharoni Shafir of the Bee Research Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel...
Mar 4, 2016