Westminster Pilot Honey Bee Program
Sponsored by the Environmental Center

 

 

 

 Honey bees have been a subject of teaching and inquiry for decades. These marvelous insects are manageable and used to produce honey and pollinate crops. They are practical models of biological organization and social behavior.  Honey bee research at Westminster College will emphasizes sustainable bee health management as well as more basic questions on bee pollination and foraging ecology.   In all its initiatives, the  Westminster Pilot Honey Bee Program aims to develop research, teaching and extension initiatives that are locally responsive while globally relevant.

Westminster Hive Location:
Just south of the Giovale Library
near the three sisters garden

Visit Our Gentle Friends!  
PLEASE LOOK 
But Do Not Disturb Them.

These bees are not aggressive and will
not disturb you unless you are bothering
their hive or blocking the entrance to their hive.

BEE STING EMERGENCY   
Visit Campus Helth Services or call 911

Questions|
Monica Ferreira
801-832-3300

 Meet Our Bee Staff:

 

Student Campus Bee Keeper
Cody Reeder

Staff Bee Keeper
Monica Ferreira
Environmental Center Community Outreach

Faculty Bee Keeper
Christine Clay Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Biology

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bee News........

National Honey Bee Survey shows winter losses down in 2011-2012.


UGA to help solve nationwide honeybee problems
 

USDA/AIA Survey Reports 2010/2011 Winter Honey Bee Losses


Honey Bee Science News

Apiculture
Varroa Sensitive Hygiene (VSH) Breeders Forum

Berlin is abuzz with mechanical 'robot' bees

Flowers provide grip for bees to hang on during pollination, study shows

Pesticide Turns Bees Into Picky Eaters
 

How gravity messes with honeybees' waggle dance

Daytime anesthesia gives bees jet lag

Bees' waggle dance disrupted by gravity

Honey's effects on human evolution excite UNLV anthropologist

Bees 'self-medicate' when infected with some pathogens

Honeybees Benefit From Queen's Promiscuity

To Kill Predators, Japanese Honeybees Surround Them in a 'Hot Defensive Bee Ball'

Honey bees in need of greater genetic diversity

Honeybees May Have Personality

Asian Honey Bees Defend Colony By Teaming Up & Shaking Their Bellies

Bee hive hums recorded to monitor insects' health

Honeybee deaths linked to seed insecticide exposure

Social or solitary: It's in bees' genes

House-hunting honey bees work like complex brains

Rarest of all bumblebees rediscovered in New Mexico mountains

Honey bee mystery protein is a freight train for health and lifespan

Microbe Research Harnesses Power of DNA Mapping Tools to Explore Metabolism and Disease

B.C. researchers trying to build a better bee to save species

Corte Madera scientist seeks help to save nation's bees

Bees' role in superbug fight

Bee Links.......

Faculty Links:

         Will Deutschman

people.westminstercollege.edu/faculty/wdeutschman/contents/inspection/Honey-robbery.html

 

Utah Bee Keeper Association

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General Industry Links
 
Magazines/Newsletters/Books
 
Beekeeping Supplies
Jones Bee Supply - Local Utah supplier of all things beekeeping.
Harvest Lane Honey-Wooele Utah