Bio-Design ChallengeThis challenge occurs annually, this year taking place in New York at the end of June. Myself and three other students, who during the Fall 2018 semester took a class all about Colony Collapse Disorder and honey bees, have decided to continue our research by participating in this challenge (You can see my honors experience for said class by clicking the Pre-Approved Experiences tab and then pressing the button labeled "Sticky Innovation"). We are working on introducing a propolis trap to the common Langstroth hive that will increase fitness and overall organism health. This trap allows bees to store their propolis, a bee-made probiotic that enhances colony health. Resin-producing trees provide certain ingredients the bees use to create this sticky substance. Our product is easily install-able, low maintenance, and does not disrupt the hive after placement.
Check back at the end of June to see my final reflections after we have finished presenting in New York City! If you would like to learn more about the project itself visit: http://biodesignchallenge.org/about.
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Our Project
Here are some photos of our ideation process, some rough drafts, and pictures during filming of our video. I also have attached a poster we will be using for our presentation, pictures of our product, the PowerPoint of our presentation, and the final video for our project.
The video and power point are still in progress.. They will be completed by the end of the week (April 26th) so check back to see what we've accomplished!
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This is the first set of ideations we created for the video, and completed story board
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This is the second set of ideations we created for the video. We decided to change styles and put the information-heavy details into our power point instead.
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These are some of the photos taken while filming in Burnett Woods near campus.
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