“The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. But the bee...gathers its materials from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own.
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Research Activity
Dr. Fassbinder-Orth obtained an $122,719 National Science Foundation collaborative grant with Kansas State University for her project EAGER: Establishing immortalized cell lines from the European honey bee, Apis mellifera. Field research support and bee sources were provided based in part on the support of Bountiful Blossoms Bee Company product sales.
Field work research support for Tammy Tran's honey bee 2016-2017 research project at Creighton University entitled: "Dicistrovirus infections in honey bees (Apis mellifera): establishment of an infection model"
Pilot studies funded partially by the proceeds from our sales enabled Dr. Fassbinder-Orth to obtain a $15,000 grant to study honey bee behavior and viral infections. This work was also featured in a commercial by Canon, shown below:
