Killing an annoying bug in her office one day sparked Bridget Obhagiagie Bobadoye’s interest in studying honeybees. The more she learned about the social order and organization of these amazing insects, and the nutritious and medicinal qualities of honey, the more she wanted to continue her research.
Today, Bobadoye has her own beehives, which she is developing as an alternative source of income for the rural poor. Supported by her like-minded husband, she also raises African giant snails and rears catfish commercially.
My heart is in the bees, though,” Bobadoye stresses. “I am deeply concerned about women farmers engaged in beekeeping who lose their additional source of income from one day to the next due to the increasingly common colony collapse disorder.
Field of Research
Studying the impact of honeybee colony losses, managed colony population decline, varroa destructor infestation, and colony collapse disorder in rural communities in southwest Nigeria.