Current Professional Activities

• Academic Specialist, Honey bees and pollinators extension and research, Michigan State University Department of Entomology
• Coordinator of the Michigan Pollinator Initiative
• Owner, Sand Hill Apiary

Memberships

• Member, American Beekeeping Federation
• Member, Entomological Society of America
• Michigan Beekeepers Association
• South East Michigan Beekeepers Association
• Center of Michigan Beekeepers
• Ann Arbor Backyard Beekeepers

Hobbies

• I don't have any hobbies because I don't have any time, but I love all the work that I do.
• I work at Michigan State University doing honey bee extension and research
• I run my own beekeeping business (http://www.sandhillbees.com/), where we run 200 hives for honey production and queen rearing.
• I teach beekeeping
• I write and read about bees, and spend any free time turning our 80 acres into the best pollinator habitat possible.

Pets

• My husband and I raise hogs and chickens, and have 2 dogs - a lovely, well behaved Labrador and a border collie mix that happily terrorizes everyone.