Category Archives: bees
Bee Research (in Wisconsin)
Are you researching bumble bees at the University of Wisconsin or just curious about our summertime friends? The university has a great online guide for identifying wild bees. There are […]
History in the Palm of Your Hand
Imagine being able to examine an exceptional and rare piece of human technology…one that precedes any of our other hand-held devices by centuries! What might that technology be and where […]
To Bee or Not to Bee
…That is the question…to which we might answer, “ice cream”. In keeping with the Year of Shakespeare and the arrival to campus later this fall of the First Folio, the […]
Summer on the Farm with Soil Sisters (Aug 5-7)
Mark your calendar for an “immersive farming and culinary experience” with the Soil Sisters! During the course of an August weekend (August 5-7 to be exact), the Soil Sisters—women committed […]
Citizen Science
Citizen Science is an endeavor in which scientific knowledge is advanced through the collaboration of professional researchers with engaged members of the public. Citizen scientists lend their passion and skill […]
The Buzz in Digital Collections
Steenbock Library, in cooperation with UW Digital Collections, is pleased to announce its sweet release of “Historical Bee and Bee-Keeping Literature” from the Charles C. Miller Memorial Apicultural Library. Newly-digitized […]
Bee a Reader
Of late, Steenbock Library has provided staff and library users an opportunity to observe bee behavior (and specifically, “absconding behavior”, where the colony, pulsating around its queen, moves to a […]