06-23-2026: Social bees living in solitude for 5 days. Well, they can still see each other through the dishes, I guess. And they do have a nice symbiont growing in their guts.
2026
06-23-2026: Hand-feeding a bee with our favorite gut symbiont.
06-23-2026: Bees in line to receive a yummy yummy treatment in syrup!
06-20-2026: A bee in a capsule! No, this is not how we normally keep bees, but Lindsey M. and Jane S. have good reasons for making bee capsules! Want one?
06-19-2026: Collecting brood frames again!
06-12-2026: The lab also does molecular work! And a lot of it. Gel image showing the parts Jacob R. worked on to make his first mutant of our favorite gut symbiont!
04-28-2026: Joey and Jahannavi’s farewell dinner. Wish y’all the best in your next endeavors. From L to R: Erick M., Aritra B., Joey K., Jane S., Jayda A., Shormi A., Jahannavi N., Lindsey M., & Zoe B.
04-11-2026: Bee packages successfully installed! Welcome to the 2026 bee season!
04-02-2026: The first swarm collected, we'll never forget!
03-31-2026: Zoe B. presented at the Southwestern Branch meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Amarillo, Texas.
02-27-2026: Darwin Day at The Gardens, Texas A&M University. From L to R: Jayda A., Jane S., Aritra B., and Jacob R.
02-27-2026: The crew is ready to talk to the public. From L to R: Jayda A., Jane S., Aritra B., and Jacob R. Darwin Day at The Gardens, Texas A&M University
02-27-2026: Aritra B. built an electric circuit matching game for kids (and adults as well). Darwin Day at The Gardens, Texas A&M University.
2025
11-11-2025: Zoë B. presented her research on native bee gut microbiomes at Entomology 2025 in Portland, OR. Great job, Zoë!
09-26-2025: It looks like the lab has some not-so-secret admirers! Jacob’s last lab meeting before his rotation ends. Good luck with your next rotations, Jacob! From L to R: Shormi A., Jacob R., Aritra B., Jahannavi N., Jane S., Zoe B., Jayda A., Erick M.
08-18-2025 Beekeeping training. They found the queen! L to R: Shormi A., Jane S., Joey K., Erick M., Zoe B.
07-11-2025 Full lab at Ali’s last lab meeting. Wishing him all the best as he returns to his Ph.D. university to continue his academic journey. L to R: Jayda A., Ali H.S., Eric S., Aritra B., Erick M., Joey K., Jane S., Zoe B.
05-23-2025 Microbiota-free bees are on the way for our first experiment of the season!
05-20-2025 Jayda A. extracts pupae for the first time! We're getting there! On the left, Ali H.S. watches closely.
05-09-2025 Apiary is set for summer. L to R: Jayda A., and thousands of bees
03-21-2025 First lab meeting we never forget. L to R: Erick V.S.M., Joey K., Jayda A., and Jane S.