Eulogy for Our Bee Cam
Bee Camera. Bee Cam. The Cam. You had many names. You were most helpful for remote inspections, when we were out of town or when the sky released drops of […]
Category Archives: Beekeeping
Farmers and Distillers to open next week!
We were recently featured in GW’s student newspaper, the Hatchet, about the GW apiary’s role in contributing honey toward Farmers and Distillers, owned by the Farmers Restaurant Group. We here […]
Happy National Honey Bee Day!
National Honey Bee Day was first celebrated in 2009, to bring awareness to the bee industry, especially in the face of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Please support your local beekeepers: […]
CCTV interview
On Wednesday June 15th, Dr. Doebel was featured on CCTV America, in its Global Business America segment that discussed the agricultural importance of honey bees. Special thanks to reporter Kelly Rice […]
Back in the Spring of Things!
The GW Undergraduate Honey Bee Lab and Apiary has been bustling these past few weeks, as our research is fully under way! We have several ~brand new research teams~ that […]
So You Think Bees Can Dance?
Did you know that bees dance? It’s true! Honeybees (in particular, foraging worker bees) utilize several dancing patterns to communicate with their sisters, so essentially, dancing is a sort of honeybee language! […]
Buzz in the Blizzard!
In the wake of Winter Storm Jonas, it’s been easy to chill – especially in the D.C. Metro area, where the final height of snowfall nearly reached two feet! It’s been […]
Flashback Friday: Behold the Beauty of Honeybees
This week’s flashback Friday turns our attention to a much more recent beekeeping episode: Friday, August 28th! Senior Beekeeper Mehreen, Junior Beekeeper Liam, 3D-printing researcher Pri and I were able […]
What has been framed?!
In the case that you are not an apiarist, you may not know what types of substances that beekeepers handle when inspecting hive frames. Many different substances can be found in […]
Flashback Friday: Checking Up on a Few Hives!
This week’s flashback Friday takes us back to a lovely afternoon in early July! Both our senior beekeeper, Mehreen, and junior beekeeper, Liam, made a trip to our rooftop apiary […]
