The September Meeting will be held at Western Brown High School in Mt. Orab.
Our Education program will feature Hongmei Li-Byarlay, a Professor at Central State University. The presentation is: ‘‘Research In Honeybee Behavior And Genetics” http://www.centralstate.edu/academics/cse/ns01.php?num=43
One of the fundamental questions in behavioral biology is how does the molecular composition of genetics provide the basis for their special functional properties? What is the mechanism by which a behavior is accomplished? How did that mechanism come to be?
Our lab’s research aims to:
1) understand the evolutionary genetics and epigenetics, the brain, and the social behaviors of social insects such as honey bees,
2) discover new molecular mechanisms modulating social behaviors,
3) investigate the variation of the life history and physiological traits of social bees under parasitic and pathogenic stresses, and
4) develop innovative strategies for improving honey bee health.
Comparative physiology between feral bees and managed bees
We are asking the community and citizens to help on our science! What we need is to collect honey bees from wild feral colonies (often time on trees and woods) in Ohio, Kentucky, or Indiana. We would like to compare the different perspectives of physiology and genetics between feral colonies and managed colonies.
Please fill out this
form to inform us about the location if you know any.
Thank you for your participating! https://goo.gl/forms/jJPqTxfDPiuSq2Lg1
Mail:
Department of Natural Sciences
Central State University
1400 Brush Row Road,
Wilberforce, OH 45384
