
Wendy Shipsides
Wendy is a long-standing volunteer with the HBRC. She has been volunteering since spring 2014, and summer 2023 is her 10th season with us. She is committed to continuously learning, […]

Pia Marquardt
Pia took the HBRC weekend course in 2016 and started off that year with four hives. Pia wanted to learn more about bees and managing hives. She started volunteering the […]

Darinka Garduño
Darinka Garduño is a 2023 summer intern from México, and at the end of her internship she will acquire her degree as a veterinarian. She loves Ice Capps from Tim […]

Amy Proctor
Amy is a second-year student from Durham University in the UK, studying Biology and Psychology. She is working at the HBRC for the summer as an intern through the company […]

Muhammad Sarmad
Muhammad Sarmad is an International Research Student in Honey Bee Research Center. He is originally from Pakistan and doing PhD in Czech Republic. When he is not at the HBRC, […]

Joelle Harrison
Joelle is a MITACs Globalink Summer Research intern currently pursuing a Masters in Biosciences at Durham University, England. She has been working under PhD candidate, Alvaro de La Mora Pena, participating […]

Rebecca Romanishen
Rebecca is one of the Undergraduate Research Assistants in Marketing and Communications at the HBRC. She has completed her BSc in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Guelph, and is […]

Kate Petreny
Kate is a passionate beekeeper whose love for these remarkable pollinators knows no bounds. Learning everything from watching HBRC’s beekeeping videos and taking the introductory courses equipped Kate with the […]

Mark Bolzon
Mark started volunteering with the HBRC in the fall of 2022, and enjoys the challenge and learning experience of working with bees. When he retired in 2020, he took up backyard […]

Andrew McCarthy
Andrew joined HBRC as part of the Work Study program through the University of Guelph and assists with colony maintenance, honey processing, and graduate research. Andrew is a fourth-year student […]
