Noah Wilson-Rich, Ph.D.
Smart Hive Summer 2021
Setting up our first Smarthive tests in our Apiary in Ithaca. Starting to receive preliminary data.
Smart Hive Summer 2021
Setting up our first Smart Hive tests in our Apiary in Ithaca. Starting to receive preliminary data.
Research Team Spring 2021
Just hired our first full-time staff scientist for our team, Emily O’Neil! She brings a 100% survival rate…
Queen Rearing April 2021
Queen rearing initiatives will begin soon at Best Bees operation centers in Boston and New York. There, larvae…
UBL April 21
Met with the UBL board to discuss a needs matrix to diversify the board to meet the needs…
Queen Rearing March 2021
We’ve partnered with Ang Roëll of They Keep Bees – through a grant – to advise on queen…
Queen Rearing March 2021 pt 2
Our beekeepers in California have begun our first queen rearing initiative. March is swarming time in California, and…
HoneyDNA 2021
We are still chasing down our hypothesis that plant diversity supports bee health. Diving deep into the data…
They Keep Bees Advisory Board 2
Ang Roëll and They Keep Bees were awarded their grant! I’m really excited to continue serving on their…
They Keep Bees Advisory Board
Just found out that the USDA grant that I supported for Prof. Rachael Bonoan at Providence College was…
NASA Partnership Sept 2020
We hosted a webinar with NASA! Myself and Darcy Gray, Fellow with the NASA DEVELOP Program, discussed the…
Taking Citizen Science to the Next Level
Like so many success stories in Massachusetts, The Best Bees Company began in a university science lab. I…