[TheUWfarm] Bee Course

Hello everyone!

As people may already know, honeybees and other pollinators play a significant role in the farming community, making foods like tomatoes and almonds possible for us to enjoy. If learning more about this and practical hands-on beekeeping sounds interesting to you, and you will be around during the summer, you should totally check out the bee course! Here's a little blurb:

Science With Bees! Biology 399C is now open for enrollment. You will learn beekeeping skills, contribute to the bee program as an intern, and conduct
experiments using the UW Farm bee hives. Honey bees are fascinating study subjects and there is a tremendous need for research in order to assist beekeepers in keeping healthy hives. This is an internship program and students will be expected to assume certain responsibilities as they learn the many skills of beekeeping. At the end of the summer, you will be a practiced beekeeper prepared to manage your own hives. We celebrate the end of the term with a honey harvest and pizza bake! Enrollment is limited to 15 people. Before enrolling, you must receive an add code and sign a waiver. Contact instructor for more info.

Do not let it sound intimidating if you have never done beekeeping before -- it was one of my best experiences at the UW and I never had any experience prior. Contact the instructor, Evan Sugden, at easugden@uw.edu for add codes/waivers. People are also welcome to contact me if they have additional questions about what the internship entails.

Thank you for listening. I hope to meet some of you soon :)

And for those not accustomed to my bee emails, they usually end with a random picture, so here you go:

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Daniel Dawson
(509) 205-2973
dawsod@uw.edu
0825923

Bee Coordinator at UW Farm
Peer Coach for Boxing at UW
Student Support Co-coordinator for Camp Kesem UW