Honeybees are one of the most important pollinators in the world.
In the past 20 years, honeybee populations have declined dramatically, as demand for their services continues to increase. Beekeepers need new tools to mitigate health issues with their bees.
I am the co-founder and Chief Science Officer of HiveTech Solutions. With support from the USDA, we are developing methods for over-wintering honeybees more effectively and for better understanding of how individual- and colony-level physiology changes with over-wintering strategies.
We have earned almost 1 million dollars in grant funding to develop integrative tools to ensure stability and sustainability in the honey bee agricultural system.
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