A tiny parasite is an emerging threat to honeybees globally. And a scientist at the University of Colorado is sounding the alarm.
Dr. Samuel Ramsey is an entomologist, someone who studies insects. , as he is also known, is assistant professor of entomology and evolutionary biology at the , and talks about science on his .
The tropilaelops mite -- or as Ramsey likes to call them, 'tropi-mites' -- have devastated bees in Asia and are spreading to Europe. Ramsey how we might prevent this species from spreading to North America and becoming a honeybee pandemic.
Ramsey is a gay, Christian, Black scientist who attributes much of his research success to his unique perspective. We talked with him about what tropilaelops could mean for honeybees, as well as how a diversity of viewpoints makes for better scientific research.
