Read the latest news from the BeeHIVE Cluster.
March 10, 2021
Tutorial on Healthy Bees and Pest Management
Watch Heather Higo and Julia Common demonstrate how to inspect hives for pests and parasites in this video and Q&A session, held on November 3, 2020, as part of the BC Honey Producers' Association's Fall Education Series. Video produced by Compass Point Productions, and provided courtesy…
February 15, 2021
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Watch cluster members Dr. Dominique Weis and PhD candidate Kate Smith offer their advice to girls and young women who considering a career in science. Other women scientists from the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmopsheric Sciences, UBC, also provide some sage advice. Video produced by the…
December 7, 2020
Hives for Humanity 2020 Winter Fundraiser - ON NOW!
HIVES FOR HUMANITY WINTER FUNDRAISER! Hives for Humanity and Gallery Gachet collaborate once again to create meaningful opportunities for connection to nature and to art — to support community members in finding self-expression and ways to thrive. As always, we look to the bees to…
July 29, 2020
BeeHIVE researchers interviewed about lead in honey after 2019 Notre-Dame fire
BeeHIVE researchers PhD candidate Kate Smith and supervisor Dominique Weis talk to UBC Science, UBC News, and The New York Times about their latest research. Kate and Dominique used sensitive mass-spectrometer techniques to determine that the average concentration of lead in honey collected…
April 30, 2020
Honeybees could help monitor fertility loss in insects due to climate change
New research from the University of British Columbia and North Carolina State University could help scientists track how climate change is impacting the birds and the bees. The study was published in the March 2020 issue of Nature Sustainability by BeeHIVE member and lead author Alison McAfee.