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About The Lab
The Honey Bee Lab at the University of Maryland has diverse personnel with multidisciplinary scientific backgrounds. Research in the laboratory is focused on an epidemiological approach to honey bee health.
Major mechanisms that are responsible for the decline in honey bee populations include an increase of pests and pathogens associated with honey bees, loss of natural forage habitat due to large monocultural croplands, and pressure from human induced changes in the environment.
We are a major partner and founding member of the Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) who collaborates closely with beekeepers from across the country to study and better understand the loss in honey bee colonies in the United States. Through BIP we conduct the largest and most comprehensive honey bee survey in the world. The data that is compiled through the BIP survey is then utilized to conduct research to better improve Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices for beekeepers.
The Honey Bee Lab at the University of Maryland has diverse personnel with multidisciplinary scientific backgrounds. Research in the laboratory is focused on an epidemiological approach to honey bee health.
Major mechanisms that are responsible for the decline in honey bee populations include an increase of pests and pathogens associated with honey bees, loss of natural forage habitat due to large monocultural croplands, and pressure from human induced changes in the environment.
We are a major partner and founding member of the Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) who collaborates closely with beekeepers from across the country to study and better understand the loss in honey bee colonies in the United States. Through BIP we conduct the largest and most comprehensive honey bee survey in the world. The data that is compiled through the BIP survey is then utilized to conduct research to better improve Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices for beekeepers.