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Recent Lab Highlights
Recent Lab Highlights
°Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï Bee Lab featured in Secrets of the Bees - streaming now on Nat Geo/Disney+/Hulu
The °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï Bee Lab makes an appearance in National Geographic's Secrets of the Bees - streaming now on National Geographic, Disney+, and Hulu.  !
PhD Student Kathryn Naherny's Photos Featured
In the course of her field work on stingless bees in Peru, Kathryn Naherny has captured some amazing macro photos of her subjects. Â Recently, her photos have been selected to appear alongside articles in and . Congrats Kat!
5280 Magazine recently wrote a on the °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï Bee Lab's PI - Dr. Sammy Ramsey. Check it out to learn more about Sammy!
Dr. Sammy Ramsey & °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï Bee Lab featured in New York Times
Dr. Sammy Ramsey was interviewed for an in the New York Times about the devastating 2024-2025 winter losses in commercial beekeeping and the looming threat of the arrival of the Tropilaelaps mite.Â
°Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï Bee Lab Featured on PBS
The °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï Bee Lab was featured in Season 2, Episode 4 of PBS' Human Footprint. Watch the whole episode titled to follow along as Shane investigates the future of bees, from honey bees to wild native species, in a changing world.
Pollinator Grant from PPAN
Congratulations to Dr. Madison Sankovitz, who received a grant from the (PPAN) to establish a pollinator garden at CU in spring of 2025.  The °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï Bee Lab will be working with CU's landscapers to plant a variety of flowering perennials to help feed our local pollinators for years to come - be sure to come check it out when it's planted and see the huge variety of pollinators we have here in °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï, and check out the to see where other pollinator habitats are located.Â