“We had to let some go,” said Dr. Brelsford, who is starting at Riverside this fall as an assistant biology professor. They pop them into plastic tubes and bring them to Michelle Duennes, a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Woodard’s lab for identification. As the team gets ready to move on, Dr. Duennes takes a few plastic tubes from Dr. Woodard’s brother, whose reputation as a bee hunter grows with each day’s successes. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“You’re like the bee whisperer,” Dr. Duennes tells him. Dr. Duennes is a roller-derby devotee who goes by the apt nom de guerre Polly Nator.

Source: New York Times October 07, 2016 17:15 UTC