 | Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects http://www.sussex.ac.uk/research
The Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects (LASI), led by Professor of Apiculture Francis Ratnieks, was officially opened in April this year at Sussex University. Since October 2008 LASI researchers have been working on the Sussex Plan for Honey Bee Health and Well Being. The laboratory is researching improved beekeeping practices, honeybee diseases, breeding and conservation.
Aside from the Sussex Plan, the unit is engaged in other projects, studying honey bees and other social insects such as ants, which embrace both applied scientific projects such as the Sussex Plan, and pure science projects that look at social insect behaviour and biology in the round.
The laboratory's vital work is only partly publicly funded, and needs continuing charitable donations to continue. | | You might also be interested in:
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