Backyard beekeepers play a critical role in maintaining a thriving pollinator population, and two Mississippi State scientists in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology are working on initiatives to educate and involve amateur beekeepers in research that supports their hobby and promotes healthy pollinator populations.
Expressing appreciation I certainly appreciate this, Ebelhar said during his virtual acceptance speech.
He thanked the nomination committee and those who submitted letters of support on his behalf. I m humbled by the recommendation, he said.
Ebelhar thanked his support staff, including the farm operations crew, the business office and fellow scientists. I want to say a special thanks to my support staff. I ve told administration for years, if I don t have support staff, you don t need me.
He said they work as a team. The teamwork approach is by far the best way to go, he added.
Ebelhar started his research in Stoneville. I was a farm boy from Western Kentucky who grew up with tobacco, corn, soybeans, wheat, hay and cows. I never thought about being a research scientist. I actually tried to hide in a tobacco field because I hated suckering tobacco. I was probably less than 10 years old.