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July 7, 2014

Team investigating the bee microbiome at University of Texas.

The team investigating the bee microbiome at University of Texas (UT) at Austin. From left to right: Waldan Kwong, Eli Powell, Hauke Koch, Amanda Mancenido, Kim Hammond, Nancy Moran and Daren Eiri. The location is the rooftop of the Patterson Laboratories Building where bee colonies are kept, with the UT Tower in the background.

Credit: Margaret Steele, University of Texas at Austin


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