#VoicesOfUDel
Jawanza Keita joined us to introduce listeners to UD's #VoicesOfUDel campaign, designed to foster positive conversation that promotes the value of diversity.
Campus Voices, University of Delaware
en-usFebruary 12, 2015
Deborah Delaney, Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
en-usFebruary 21, 2013
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Debbie Delaney talks about European settlers bringing honeybees over from Europe, the career of a honeybee (which changes jobs every couple of weeks), the other kinds of bees in North America, Africanized bees, some of her extension projects, and Dare to Bee Honey. Who knew how important bumblebees are to Delaware's watermelon crop.
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