Valhalla Student’s Science Project Is The Bees Knees
June 3, 2014
From: Mount Pleasent Daily Voice
by Sam Barron
VALHALLA, N.Y. — A Westlake High School student won an Acorda Scientific Excellence Award for her study of bees.
Sarah Marino, a 17-year-old Valhalla resident, won an award for her project, “Colony Collapse Disorder: Controlling Varroa Destructor Mites in Honeybee Hives.”
Marino began her project after hearing about colony collapse disorder, which involves bees suddenly disappearing.
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