Forming their own building material, building perfect hexagons, and maintaining uniform structure and function, honey bees are certainly true animal architects! Today, our researcher Sasha and I had the opportunity […]
Join us as we discuss the evolution of modern beekeeping at the National Building Museum on August 15th, from 6:30-8:00 pm! We are very excited about this event, and hope […]
Early morning June 4th, the Bee Team ventured out into Beltsville Maryland for some valuable follow-up with the USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory. Jeff Pettis, Research Leader, generously took some […]
The sun is shining, the DC weather may finally be regulating itself and the bees are buzzing in! Our first shipment of bees arrived last Saturday and they are thriving […]
It is official. The bee camera is up and running. Please feel free to check out the honeybee hives on the roof of our facility at The George Washington University. […]
This week the Bee Team had a difficult task: cleaning the observation hive. This hive is unlike those seen on the roof of Lisner Hall. Located in Professor Doebel’s laboratory, […]
Beekeeping, in Washington, D.C., three blocks away from the White House? I must say, it is not as surprising as it sounds, especially considering the environmental theme of my high […]
