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North Fork Audubon hosts 8th Grade Scientist Joe McInnis on Colony Collapse Disorder of Bees
September 9, 2016 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Free
The Colony Collapse
Disorder of Bees
Disorder of Bees
Friday, September 9, 2016
7:30 PM
Peconic Lane Community Center
Greenport eighth-grader Joe McInnis may have made a break in a case that’s stumped scientists worldwide. For the past year, Joe has been working with retired Plum Island veterinary pathologist Doug Gregg to determine the cause of colony collapse disorder, a global phenomenon in which adult bees disappear from the colony. You’ll hear all about their vital research and why it is so important to our local agriculture.