What’s Under The Hood

Name: What’s Under The Hood
Start: 2024-05-18T10:00:00-04:00
Location: Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center

Schedule

Sat May 18 2024 at 10:00 am

UTC-04:00

Location

Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center | Abingdon, VA

Join Extension Apiculturist James Wilson, in an in-depth look into honey bee anatomy and physiology. This honey bee microscopy workshop will dive into the individual mechanisms of how honey bees work inside and out! Learn about respiratory, circulatory, nervous and digestive systems of honey bees and their adaptations for defense and a lifetime of flower foraging. Working with provided stereo microscopes and precision dissecting tools, participants will get a primer of honey bee internal anatomy and physiology and then hands on experience with their own dissections. See these fascinating insects up close and learn more about how adapted they are for the tasks that make them such beneficial pollinators.