katie sitting by a hive and holding bees

Kathryn Knowles


Kathryn is one of our Apiary Research Assistants at the HBRC. After volunteering at the HBRC in the fall of 2021, she returned in 2022 and 2023 as a Co-op student with the University of Guelph. Kathryn assists our team in the maintenance and inspection of honey bee colonies, queen rearing, and any research aspirations of the HBRC. After completing her final year in Environmental Sciences, with a major in Ecology, she has returned as a full-time Lead Apiary Research Assistant. With no prior experience in beekeeping, she is hoping to pursue a masters with a focus on honey bee research in 2025!