Beekeeper Selected to Receive German Chancellor Scholarship

A few here might know the Bee-L sunscribers Kristen and Michael Traynor.  
I had the opportunity to meet them when they visited to see my bees last 
year.  Kristen and Michael are collecting resistant stock and feral bees 
in their ongoing efforts in breeding a better honeybee that can resist 
parasites, resist disease and better acclimated to their environmental 
conditions in Maryland.  

Kristen recently was selected by the Humboldt Foundation to receive a 
German Chancellor Scholarship, one of 10 such research scholarships 
awarded annually to high-potential U.S. leaders in a variety of fields.  
This is the first time the scholarship was awarded to a beekeeper for 
apian research.  It is good that the Humboldt foundation has recognized 
the importance of beekeeping and hopefully this trend will continue.

The Fredrick News-Post   March 27, 2006
Keeping bees:
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/agriculture/display.htm?
storyid=47606

Joe Waggle ~ Derry, PA    
‘Bees Gone Wild Apiaries' 
Feral Bee Project: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FeralBeeProject/

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