THREE LITTLE BIRDS APIARIES BLOG

Today I worked a special project with some of the LSU students. We sampled emerging bees and determined if they were infested or...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

Yesterday and Today was filled with lab work. We cut the abdomens off frozen Honeybees, ground them into a buffer solution and diluted...

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...

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...

ABC11's Amber Rupinta & Cameraman Bob came out to interview me about Beekeeping and NCVA. This was an amazing experience. The full...