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Podcast: Finding Genius Podcast
Episode: Busy Bee Stressors: Tracking Bee Hive Data with William G. Meikle
Description: Bees can generate five pounds of honey a day under prime nectar-gathering conditions. Numerous factors make that possible and researchers like William Meikle work on modeling honey bee populations, keeping track of how different stressors might affect honey bee colony health. Listen and learn What measures are important for beehive modeling and why, How bees are able to keep their brood area at a constant warm temperature, and What bee health productivity stressors are being analyzed and why, such as neonicotinoid exposure. Willliam G. Meikle is a research entomologist with the United States D...