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BEE IN MIND
Non-Profit Organization
Our Projects. We can make a difference!
Here are the current projects you can get involved in. Please email us if you are interested to get engaged.
Mswakini School Project
​This initiative started with the agenda to help Maasai communities get engaged in sustainable beekeeping activities. The research team looks after ten beehives on the Mswakini school campus with regular inspections. At the end of the second year, it was decided that the school is ready to sell the honey. For more details, go to https://www.projectmswakini.org/. We are now in this exciting phase of seeing fruitful results of the initiative.
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Research Collaborations
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We have been working with TAWIRI's approval on research projects to understand Maasai children and adults' perceptions of bees and beekeeping. A few glimpses of the research are posted on the blogs.
Our Past Projects. We can make a difference!
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Hopkins Bee Club Guest Speakers
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As a part of an overall agenda to increase awareness of honeybees and their importance, young scholars from local universities involved in bee research were invited to present their work to the Hopkins Bee Club members.
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Maxwell Stenslie (Dec 3rd, 2021), “I have an avid interest in ecology and conservation of our beautiful planet! I realized that there were other students and faculty here at Quinnipiac that had the same passions and interests as me, leading me to begin researching ways to preserve native pollinators as they are extremely important to the health of our ecosystem. “
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Raina Sanghvi (World Bee Day; May 20th, 2022): Raina Jain, a recent high school graduate from Connecticut, is the inventor of HiveGuard, a patented device that works to eliminate infestations from honeybee hives. Her work with honeybees awarded her a spot in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search and she is also the recipient of a first place and best of category award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair and received a minor planet in her name by the MIT Lincoln Laboratory. She is also the owner of Queen Bee.
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Riya Miller (November 9th, 2022): A student in Quinnipiac’s dual-degree biology/microbiology program presented her work on the life cycle and dominance hierarchies of carpenter bees. On the left, Riya Miller with some of the club members.
Hopkins Bee Club Annual Maasai Children Holiday Fundraiser
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Maasai bracelets were sold during Holiday Fundraising and all funds were used to provide school supplies to the Mswakini school which is involved in sustainable beekeeping initiatives. The children were overjoyed!
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Looking to support more such initiatives in the future!
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Hopkins Bee Club World Bee Day Quiz
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In order to create a platform for bee conversations, bee-related quizzes are run every year during the World Bee Day. At the end of the day accurate answers are shared along with percentages of correct answers from the Hopkins community. Participation has increased from year to year, so has the difficulty level of the questions asked.
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In addition to the Quiz, the month of May, the community is also made aware of the No Mow May Movement, to add to the awareness of the importance of our pollinators!