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Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab

Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab

Want to help honey bees?

Join the UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory (HBREL) in improving honey bee health, increasing the sustainability of the beekeeping industry, and preserving the vital role that honey bees play as pollinators.

Our goal is to improve the health and productivity of bee pollinators everywhere. We conduct research, share our findings through diverse extension programming, and train future generations of bee educators, researchers, and conservationists.

Your monthly or annual gift will support our research and outreach programs, allowing us to elevate our work and reach more people who care about honey bees. We ask you to support at one of the following levels:

Adopt a Bee: $10 monthly/$120 annually
Symbolically supports one Extension or outreach activity   

  • Recognition on the website/donor sign
  • “My Honey Bees Go to UF” sticker

Adopt a Queen: $25 monthly/$300 annually
Symbolically sponsors one research hive

  • Recognition on the website/donor sign
  • Quarterly updates from the Bee Lab
  • Invitation to hive demonstration days (biannual event)
  • “My Honey Bees Go to UF” sticker and tote bag

Adopt a Hive: $100/month or $1,200 annually
Supports one research project   

  • Recognition on the website/donor sign
  • Quarterly updates from the Bee Lab
  • Invitation to hive demonstration days (biannual event)
  • “My Honey Bees Go to UF” sticker and tote bag
  • Special event invite with Dr. Jamie Ellis, Dr. Cameron Jack, and Ms. Amy Vu

Adopt a Hive Flier

 

honey bee emerging

Photo Credit: Cat Wofford, UF/IFAS Communications

Make your recurring gift online at
UFgive.to/AdoptaHive

For more information, please contact UF/IFAS Advancement advancement@ifas.ufl.edu, (352) 392-1975

The University of Florida Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization soliciting tax-deductible private contributions for the benefit of the University of Florida. Full disclosure statement: http://bit.ly/UFFdisclosure.

  • Adopt a Hive Donors
    Anonymous
    Ms. Amy Lohman
    Pinellas Beekeepers Association
    Mr. Mark Rosser
    McJunkin Family Charitable Foundation
    Dr. Robert A. Porter Sr. and Mrs. Cynthia A. Porter
    Mr. Jerry Gudauskas
    Mr. Gabriel Baraskowronek
    Mr. David and Mrs. Colleen Larsen
    Brevard Backyard Beekeepers
    Mr. William A. Sklaroff
    Ms. Georgia Evaul
    Mr. John Zapata
    Ms. Rachel Smith
  • Adopt a Queen Donors
    Endless Summer Roofing Co.
    Mr. Carl E. Lewis & Mrs. April L. Lewis
    Mr. David Ball
    Mr. Greg Escarra
    Mrs. Melissa Kalis
    Ms. Susan M. Harris
    Dr. Robert E. Borer
    Gardenia Circle
    Ms. Lynne Ellis
    Lake County Beekeepers, Inc.
    Busy Bee / Sara Gocek
    Mr. Jason Hewett
    Ms. Lisbeth Mack
    Ms. Mihaela Gutman
    Ms. Rosemarie Ballesteros
    Ms. Sara Marcello
    ANONYMOUS
    Ms. Allyson Valenzuela
  • Adopt a Bee Donors
    Ms. Julie R. Conn
    Mr. Graham Stoddard
    Ms. Marjorie King
    Anonymous
    Ms. Denise Detrich
    Ms. Hannah Fitman
    Mrs. Joelle M. Allen
    Mr. David Giddens
    Stacey Scheb
    Ms. Belinda Tietgens