About Us | Our Vision

A message from our founder…

Carl Chesick, Executive Director

Since 2011, the Center for Honeybee Research has been systematically assessing honeybee colonies to establish a baseline for normal patterns. With the data we’ve been collecting, our intention is to serve as a data bank for researchers worldwide to find an answer to the question, “Why are pollinators dying?”

Our research objectives include:

• Develop a searchable, open-source database to provide global access to our research
• Provide real-time observation of bee colonies across the planet
• Build a research laboratory for scientific analysis and collaboration. We need a lab which can determine chemical analysis, detect viral or bacterial infection, analyze parasitic affect and conduct dna identification – under one roof. Such a lab doesn’t presently exist anywhere in the world.

In cooperation with the research community, our goal is to discover why bees and pollinators are dying and what needs to change to ensure the survival of us all.

We appreciate your concern and welcome your physical and fiscal support.