Category Archives: Exploring new places
On top of the world!
This week was action-packed! On Monday we went to Maricao and found a few of the Arabica coffee plants which were flowering, and hand-pollinated those. It was really interesting to pollinate the Arabica flowers after having pollinated Canephora ones, last … Continue reading
Let the field work begin!
On January 11th, I returned to Puerto Rico to begin my first full season of field work for my PhD. I’ll be here for 2.5 months, so I’m excited and nervous…need to make sure I get everything done during that … Continue reading
Oh boy! It’s been a while! Here’s what I’ve been up to :)
I can’t believe my last post was 6 months ago! Time really does flies when you’re having fun! Well, here’s what’s new: Personally: I got engaged, and have been wedding planning. My best friend got married, and I was bridal … 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
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
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
Flying high
This trip to St-Croix was pretty incredible. Concerning my research project, we found a good number of new bees (some new records, and some maybe entirely new species), and this was just by surveying the center and SE of the … Continue reading
-Sara Guiti Prado- Ph.D. 