Author Archives: saraguitiprado
Worth a listen
Laurence Packer, a professor at York University, whom I met during the Bee Course in 2013 was interviewed on Fresh Air. He talks about the importance of bees, why domesticate honeybees are threatened and also about how you can help … Continue reading
Surveying bees in coffee plantations
It’s been exactly 1 month since I started my research in coffee plantations in Puerto Rico. This project is similar to the last one, but we’re looking at a few more variables, in addition to agricultural practices. Specifically, we’re surveying bee abundance … Continue reading
Moss Experiment
So this post is going to be a little bit out of the ordinary since I’m not going to talk about insects. I hope I don’t lose any fans over this 🙂 I live in Raleigh, North Carolina, in an … Continue reading
Check out my ant page
Back in 2009, I was a resident naturalist at a lodge called Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica. There, I was able to observe many of the fascinating ant species found around the lodge. My responsibilities there included locating ‘good’ ants (i.e. ants … Continue reading
Do native bees and honeybees play nice?
A lot of people have asked me about the interaction between native bees and honeybees: do they compete? do they avoid each other? do they disturb each other when foraging? It turns out a lot of ecologists and biologists have … Continue reading
Wild bees to the rescue!
Inspired by Buzz, Hoot, Roar‘s idea of making science into cute little cartoons, I decided to give it a shot and draw up my own little cartoon about wild bees. Note that I’m not an artist, but I think it’s … Continue reading
Bee Course 2013: Field trips to Wilcox and hiking the Chiricahua mountains
So, I’ve been on a couple of field trips since my last post…sorry padres for not updating sooner. On Saturday, we had an optional field trip, so some people decided to hike Silver peak (turned out to be a survival … Continue reading
Bee Course 2013 – Field trip to Animas
Today we went on a field trip to Animas, New Mexico. The day started off a little cloudy, but it cleared off in time to allow us to go to our first site and spend about 45 minutes collecting. Nothing … Continue reading
Bee Course 2013- Douglas field work
Today we had three options of field sites to visit, Wilcox, Douglas and Animas. I chose Douglas because the instructor taking us there, raved about how fantastic this site was for collecting bees. It was pretty fun, but I think … Continue reading
Bee course 2013 – And so it begins…
After almost 5 hours on a plane, 3 hours in a van, altitude change and time change, you start to feel a little … off. I’m currently in Portal, Arizona, and just finished my first day of classes in the … Continue reading
-Sara Guiti Prado- Ph.D. 