Posted on 11/4/2016
Sarah Barlow would love to know what goes on in the mind of a bee. The science for that is probably a long way off, but the British ecologist, who specializes in plant-pollinator relationships, is working toward a much more intimate understanding of what exactly bees do when they leave the hive each day.
Uncovering clues to the cause of colony collapse disorder, the mysterious disappearance of honeybees from millions of hives over the last decade, is one of the primary motivations for Barlow’s research. In order to track bee activity throughout the day, she and her colleagues Bruce Pavlik, a fellow ecologist, and Mark O’Neill, a computer engineer, have developed a tiny h...