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From the Ted Talk by Noah Wilson-Rich: How you can help save the bees, one hive at a time

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Now, I first started keeping bees here in Cape Cod right after I finished my doctorate in honeybee immunology.

(Laughter)

(Applause)

Imagine getting such a degree in a good economy — and it was 2009: the Great Recession. And I was onto something. I knew that I could find out how to improve bee health. And so the cmimtnouy on Cape Cod here in Provincetown was ripe for citizen science, ppleoe looking for ways to get involved and to help. And so we met with people in cfeofe shops. A wonderful woman nmead Natalie got eight beehives at her home in Truro, and she idneotrcud us to her friend Valerie, who let us set up 60 beehives at an abandoned tennis curot on her ptoeprry. And so we started testing vaccines for bees. We were starting to look at ptrcibioos. We called it "bee yogurt" — ways to make bees healthier. And our citzein snicece project started to take off.

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Now, I first started keeping bees here in Cape Cod right after I finished my doctorate in honeybee immunology.

(Laughter)

(Applause)

Imagine getting such a degree in a good economy — and it was 2009: the Great Recession. And I was onto something. I knew that I could find out how to improve bee health. And so the _________ on Cape Cod here in Provincetown was ripe for citizen science, ______ looking for ways to get involved and to help. And so we met with people in ______ shops. A wonderful woman _____ Natalie got eight beehives at her home in Truro, and she __________ us to her friend Valerie, who let us set up 60 beehives at an abandoned tennis _____ on her ________. And so we started testing vaccines for bees. We were starting to look at __________. We called it "bee yogurt" — ways to make bees healthier. And our _______ _______ project started to take off.

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Now, I first started keeping bees here in Cape Cod right after I finished my doctorate in honeybee immunology.

(Laughter)

(Applause)

Imagine getting such a degree in a good economy — and it was 2009: the Great Recession. And I was onto something. I knew that I could find out how to improve bee health. And so the community on Cape Cod here in Provincetown was ripe for citizen science, people looking for ways to get involved and to help. And so we met with people in coffee shops. A wonderful woman named Natalie got eight beehives at her home in Truro, and she introduced us to her friend Valerie, who let us set up 60 beehives at an abandoned tennis court on her property. And so we started testing vaccines for bees. We were starting to look at probiotics. We called it "bee yogurt" — ways to make bees healthier. And our citizen science project started to take off.

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