Rachael E. Bonoan | Photos

Honey Bee Research

Counting bees

REU 2017 interns Ally and Paola measuring foraging rate by counting how many bees leave the hive.

New hives!

Preview of our 8 new observation hives for 2017!

Pollen

Pollen pellets from our pollen traps!

Pollen trap

The openings are just large enough to let a bee through (without her pollen pellets).

Yellow bee

Winner of the 2015 Tufts Graduate Student Photo Competition.

Preference assays

Honey bees drinking from a feeder with a salt solution.

Dirty water

The picture (taken on an iPhone) that started it all.

Honey bee wing

Magnified 400x.

Honey bee foot

Magnified 400x.

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