Diagnosing the Health of Your Honey Bees

(only £5 per student for a whole day workshop)

Workshop Description

Working with beekeepers and scientists from the Roslin Institute and the Scottish Goverment’s Science & Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA) department, your pupils will analyse the health of the honeybees they have been caring for at their school.  In this full day, hands-on, citizen science workshop, your pupils will investigate if their bee colonies have Nosema using DNA analysis and microscopy. This is a chance to for them to learn about the science behind bee health, meet and work with other bee enthusiasts.

Please note that you will be asked to collect 60 bees from hives from your local area on a specific day and send them to The Roslin Institute (instructions will be given), approximately 4 weeks before your visit so that we can prepare the DNA sample.

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“The day at EBSOC was so special because it allowed us as bee enthusiasts to see what was killing off bee colonies accross Scotland. We worked with some of the countries leading researchers and they helped us understand the science behind beekeeping. We used microscopy and DNA analysis to investigate our very own bee colonies, I can see how this could have a huge impact in future bee health across the globe”