Author: Kerone Wetter

Congratulations to German Perilla, director of George Mason University’s Honey Bee Initiatve. Perilla authored an article in the newly released book Tropical Conservation: Perspectives on Local and Global Priorities.

Faculty and staff of George Mason University were minding their own beeswax all summer. As part of the Living Hive Project,

George Mason University students partake in an initiative to help the honeybees. Photojournalist Beth Brown has the report.

The Mason Honey Bee Initiative (HBI) was active this summer with a variety of hive-related research. These research projects are designed to explore indicators of bee health and provide valuable information to research groups working at the local, state and national levels.

This July, eight George Mason University students joined New Century College’s German Perilla on an Amazonian adventure, learning the basic principles of sustainable beekeeping and community development.

This video, by Lisa Struckmeyer, takes a look at Sustainability Beekeeping and introduces photos of the new apiary on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University.

Mason’s Honey Bee Initiative will be offering a new course that goes to the Amazon Rainforest to teach local communities beekeeping.

This fifteen-day course will explore how the exceptional diversity of the Amazon River Basin effects the way human communities interact with their environment. In this course, beekeeping, ecotourism and community driven development will be covered. Other topics include the effects of globalization on the landscape and peoples of the Amazon.

From October 17-19, George Mason University and New Century College (NCC) will welcome all to the university’s annual Family Weekend celebration.