Saving the Bees, Two Perspectives

February 19, 2016 • by Marc Airhart

How do you move 100,000 honeybees—a living laboratory for research on the gut microbiome—half way across the country?

A busy hive of honeybees

Credit: Marsha Miller


As bees sharply decline around the world, two researchers are taking very different approaches to understand -- and potentially reverse -- this troubling trend. One is studying the microbes that live inside bees and help protect them against infections. The other is studying the links between changing landscapes and bee health. Learn more about the two professors of integrative biology featured in today's show: Shalene Jha and Nancy Moran.

Sevreral brightly colored boxes housing beehives sit on the roof of a building

Credit: Marsha Miller

Gloved hands holding part of a bee hive covered with honeybees

Credit: Vivian Abagiu

Two men in white bee suits with mesh helmets pose on the roof of a building

Podcast producer Marc Airhart (left) in full bee suit. Credit: Vivian Abagiu

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