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it\u2019s a saturday morning and i\u2019m on the roof of george washington university\u2019s law school. from a distance, the girl in the white suit, armed with gloves and a veil, resembles a “star wars” stormtrooper. she lights a smoker and i watch as the smoke billows.<\/p>\n

slowly, the girl takes out a wooden frame covered in tightly packed hexagons. the frame buzzes with activity.<\/p>\n

gabby discafani is the senior beekeeper for gwu\u2019s honey bee lab and apiary<\/a>. she leads a research team studying colony-collapse disorder (ccd).<\/p>\n

the disorder is a deadly condition that causes honeybee colonies to stop functioning. it\u2019s claimed<\/a> more than 40 percent of the world\u2019s honeybee population.<\/p>\n

although the cause of ccd remains unclear, discafani explained that the main factors boil down to the four p\u2019s<\/a>: pathogens, parasites, pesticides and poor nutrition.<\/p>\n

through gw\u2019s apiary, discafani is researching how ccd affects<\/a> bees in urban and rural environments. one would think she is a biology major, but she\u2019s actually studying classics.<\/p>\n

discafani started beekeeping two years ago when she noticed the large amount of bee\u2019s on gw\u2019s campus. she learned about the apiary, thought it was a worthwhile cause and decided to get involved.<\/p>\n

i was inspired by discafani\u2019s decision to volunteer with the urban apiary. her efforts as an urban beekeeper are just part of the solution to a larger problem<\/a>: food security and sustainability.<\/p>\n

the plight of the honeybee is cause for concern. honeybees pollinate one third<\/a> of everything we eat.<\/p>\n

if bees go extinct, our food supply will diminish<\/a> by over 70 percent.<\/p>\n

the current outlook is grim.<\/p>\n

in late september 2016, the u.s. fish and wildlife service added<\/a> bees to the endangered-species list for the first time.<\/em><\/p>\n

we need an army of urban beekeepers to help take the sting out of the declining bee population. although discafani may not be a stormtrooper, she remains optimistic as she fights a battle whose outcome will impact more than just the bee population.<\/p>\n

i realized the importance of discafani\u2019s work when i donned the white suit and joined her army that afternoon. watching a half million of the world’s hardest workers, literally busy bees, opened my eyes to the importance of these endangered insects.<\/p>\n

take a look around in this 360 video<\/a> to see what i saw and you\u2019ll never swat at another bee again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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