Honey bees have a huge impact on the food we eat every day. The videos in this series feature the roles of male and female bees, how bees create honeycombs and make honey, Africanized honey bees, and reasons bee populations are declining. Learn more about the genetics of bees.


ufgenetics.com exposes middle school and high school students to genetics research being conducted at the University of Florida. On this Web site, high school and middle school teachers will find important and useful information about genetics to be used as supplemental materials in science and agriscience classrooms. ufgenetics.com is developed by the University of Florida’s Scientific Thinking and Educational Partnership program (STEP).