Events

1/17/2019

Tugrul Giray presentation to the Puerto Rico Senate at the Expo Entre Miel y Abejas (Expo Between Honey and Bees).

Tugrul Giray gave a presentation regarding the research conducted in his laboratory on the Puerto Rican honey bee and its beneficial effects for agriculture in Puerto Rico. Moreover, that the gentle Puerto Rican bee is a unique natural resource of the island that is free of the majority of viruses that effect honey bees on the US mainland and that it needs protection from the importation of honey bees from the US and elsewhere.

The Puerto Rico Senate presented an award to Tugrul Giray in recognition of his research into the physiology and genetics of the Puerto Rican honey bee.

Tugrul Giray receiving the Honorable Mention award from Hon. Nelson V. Cruz Santiago, Senator from the district of Ponce

1/14/2019

Tugrul Giray speaks at the World Central Kitchen Plow to Plate Symposium

World Central Kitchen continues its efforts to assist Puerto Rico after hurricane María. They sponsored a symposium at the Fundación Muñoz Marín, which focused on ways to improve the agricultural sector in Puerto Rico. Tugrul Giray presented information as to the uniqueness and importance of the gentle bee of Puerto Rico to the agricultural industry of the island.