Three Lil Birds Farm
Mites or No Mites?
Today I worked a special project with some of the LSU students. We sampled emerging bees and determined if they were infested or...
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Three Lil Birds Farm
Jul 13, 20181 min read
Weekend Trip to New Orleans
A co-worker and I made our way back to New Orleans to explore. We visited the Insectarium and the Aquarium and many other tourist...
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Three Lil Birds Farm
Jul 10, 20181 min read
Pupa and mite in a pill case?
We spent the day pulling pupa from frames and putting them into dishes. This task is not easy, as you pull the pupa out it is easy to...
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Three Lil Birds Farm
Jul 9, 20181 min read
Mississippi Trip
Today was a busy day in the field. I went past the border to Mississippi! We spent the entire day going through 40 colonies. We were...
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Three Lil Birds Farm
Jul 5, 20181 min read
Happy Fourth of July!
These past two weeks have been busy. One of the scientists I have been working with and many of the lab employees took a trip to North...
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Three Lil Birds Farm
Jun 27, 20181 min read
APHIS Project
This week has been full of work at the lab. We are currently working on a project for APHIS that involves emerging bees. We are tagging...
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Three Lil Birds Farm
Jun 20, 20182 min read
Busy as a Bee
Today was filled with fun, exciting and unusual finds. I started with helping a few students with a part of their thesis project. I had...
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Three Lil Birds Farm
Jun 19, 20181 min read
Pride in Trees
Today was a fun and different day at the bee lab. Besides pulling and injecting pupa. We took a "snack break" to celebrate Pride Month....
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Three Lil Birds Farm
Jun 17, 20181 min read
Week Two
Today was filled with many different tasks. The photo above is of me completing a mite-wash. This is the process of finding a rough...
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Three Lil Birds Farm
Jun 13, 20181 min read
Pesticides & Deformed Wing Virus
Yesterday and Today was filled with lab work. We cut the abdomens off frozen Honeybees, ground them into a buffer solution and diluted...
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Three Lil Birds Farm
Jun 13, 20181 min read
First Day in the Lab
After 2 days of working in the field, there was finally an opportunity to do some lab work. Since Mom is leaving Baton Rouge tomorrow, I...
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Three Lil Birds Farm
Jun 12, 20181 min read
USDA/ARS Honeybee Lab
Entrance to the USDA/ARS Honeybee Lab in Baton Rouge, LA. This will be my part-time work place for the next 8 weeks. The other...
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Three Lil Birds Farm
Jun 5, 20181 min read
ABC11 Interview (June 10, 2018)
ABC11's Amber Rupinta & Cameraman Bob came out to interview me about Beekeeping and NCVA. This was an amazing experience. The full...
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