This week’s featured video was produced by the Gainesville Sun to share the story of the completion of the brand new University of Florida Honey Bee Research & Extension Lab. The UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research Team will be moving into this wonderful new facility this month. On June 4th, Dr. Jamie Ellis, UF Entomologist and world renowned Bee Specialist, provided a video tour of the new facilities. There will be a Grand Opening Ceremony and Open House for tours of the new facilities in Gainesville, FL held on August 25 from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Eastern time.
The following information was provided by the UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research and Education Lab (HBREL) website:
The new HBREL facilities are comprised of three buildings.
- The main building houses the lab’s faculty, staff, and student offices, a conference/break room, a teaching classroom, a research laboratory, and a honey bee observation hive room.
- A large, covered pavilion is located in the HBREL apiary and is used for honey bee events and instruction.
- The third building is the Gainesville headquarters of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Apiary Inspection team as well as a workshop and storage shed, a state-of-the-art honey extraction facility, and a beekeeper museum.
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If you enjoyed this video, you might want to check out the featured videos from previous weeks: Friday Features
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