How DNA and a Supercomputer Can Help Sustain Honey Bee Populations
Friday, November 13, 2015 - 15:00
in Biology & Nature
To uncover what plants honey bees rely on, researchers from The Ohio State University are using the latest DNA sequencing technology and a supercomputer. They spent months collecting pollen from beehives and have developed a multi-locus metabarcoding approach to identify which plants, and what proportions of each, are present in pollen samples.