by Alec | Mar 6, 2020 | Bee Aware, France, Fun Facts
Last night we received word about the status of our trip to France. Governor Cuomo ordered that all NY state schools cancel their spring break trips, and ordered all study-abroad students to come home. We fall under this category, and our flight was canceled. However,...
by Alec | Mar 4, 2020 | Bee Aware, France
We have all been closely monitoring the coronavirus at home, but for us, more importantly, the effects of global travel to France. What affects the world around us also affects our classroom. As of today, March the 3rd, we are clear to go to France, based on the CDC...
by Alec | Feb 28, 2020 | Bee Aware, France, Fun Facts
A note about almonds: 80%+ of all almonds consumed worldwide are produced in the state of California. Almonds are also becoming an increasingly large staple of the world wide diet, and production is going through the roof. As a result, California is going through an...
by Austin | Feb 26, 2020 | France
Another week down in pre-production and we still have so many things to do before our trip. We are still reaching out to contacts and finalizing our film schedule. We are still doing research on people and locations that we are going to visit. First, we discussed Laon...
by Alec | Feb 21, 2020 | France, Fun Facts
Honey bees are the only domesticated pollinator species in the world and are very important to our diet. They are responsible for approximately 1/3 of all food production while also being the primary pollinator for 80% of flowering crops. Also, fields pollinated by...
by Alec | Feb 19, 2020 | France
Yesterday marks the first full month of documentary work, excluding individual research done over winter break, and it has been a wild ride, jam-packed with learning! This week we focused on going over the equipment we would be taking to Paris and Laon, how to film...
