MTSU Researcher Receives USDA Grant to Investigate Honeybee Internal Clocks

At Middle Tennessee State University’s Small Farm facility, biology assistant professor Manuel Giannoni-Guzmán is conducting research on honeybee circadian rhythms. His team aims to understand how honeybee brains process time-related information, which could enhance knowledge about pollinators that contribute to one-third of global food production. With a $200,000 grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Giannoni-Guzmán and his students are studying the internal biological clocks of honeybees, maintaining 10 colonies and planning to establish an apiary for educational purposes.