BORN: 1955
OCCUPATION: Distinguished Professor of Entomology at the University of Minnesota.
Spivak is a leading entomologist in the movement to protect and enhance the health and diversity of the world’s declining honey bee population. She conducts both applied and basic research, and has bred a disease-resistant honey bee that is now used widely.
She was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2010. After receiving the MacArthur grant, she started an organization called the Bee Squad, which works to help communities get involved in helping bees.
You can watch her speak about her work and passion in a 2013 TED Talk.
FOR THE LOVE OF BEES:
“For so work the honey bees, creatures that by a rule in nature teach the act of order to a peopled kingdom.” William Shakespeare
“Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.” Friedrich Nietzche
“For bees, the flower is the fountain of life; For flowers, the bee is the messenger of love.” Kahil Gibran
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Muhammad Ali
FOR MORE ON MARLA: Check out the Bee Lab website at http://www.beelab.umn.edu/
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