New Season, New Junior Beekeeper–and New Installation!
Good afternoon everyone, Today, we have installed six new hives, with the help of a gentleman named Kevin. He drove the bees to our apiary and stayed for an extra hour […]
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Interconnections Between Culture, Language and Bees!
We and the honey bees were quite excited to host a lovely group of students from the EC English Language School in Washington, D.C on June 7th. I was able to give […]
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! […]
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 […]
