Category: The Team


  • Katherine Stevenson

    Katherine Stevenson

    Katherine Stevenson is an Environmental Science student majoring in Environment and Resource Management at the University of Guelph. She first got involved with honeybees through a summer job as a […]

  • Jordan Vervaeke

    Jordan Vervaeke

    Jordan Vervaeke is a student in Agriculture degree with a major in Horticulture. She is a student volunteer at the Honey Bee Research Centre once a week for the fall […]

  • Natalia Wszolek

    Natalia Wszolek

    Natalia Wszolek is a student in Animal Biology and volunteers in the lab at the HBRC. She started beekeeping in high school and has 6 of her own hives. In her spare […]

  • Jessie Mello

    Jessie Mello

    Jessie Mello studies Wildlife Biology and Conservation and she is a student volunteer at the HBRC! She became interested in beekeeping after taking the Apiculture and honey bee biology course at […]

  • Ethan Berger

    Ethan Berger

    Ethan is in her 2nd year studying Animal Science and is a student volunteer at the HBRC. She found her love for bees after a research project in high school […]

  • Shannon Chiong

    Shannon Chiong

    Shannon Chiong is one of our Student Volunteers at the HBRC. She joined in 2024 to explore her interest in apiculture as a potential career and beekeeping as a future […]

  • Louise Aspin

    Louise Aspin

    Louise Aspin is a retired fundraising executive who recently traded city life in Toronto for the peace and beauty of Erin, Ontario. A devoted steward of the land she now […]

  • Valérie Secord

    Valérie Secord

    Valérie is studying Animal Science at the University of Guelph. She is one of the undergraduate research assistants at the HBRC. Val is interested in sustainable practices and animal welfare, […]

  • Ana Valeria Bernal Pueblita

    Ana Valeria Bernal Pueblita

    Valeria is an internship student from Mexico City. She studies as a Veterinary Zootechnician at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Her specialization is in honey bees. She enjoys doing sports […]

  • Laura Gillis

    Laura Gillis

    Laura is a student in Indigenous Environmental Science and Practice at the University. She is one of the undergraduate research assistants at the HBRC, she helps with general hive management, […]