West Michigan high school abuzz after winning $100K federal grant for beekeeping project
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
Posted Dec 29, 2020
The main entrance to Ravenna High School in Ravenna, Michigan on Saturday, April 18, 2020. Alison Zywicki | azywicki
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MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – A rural high school in West Michigan is using project-based learning to support some of the most essential workers in its farming community: Bees.
Ravenna High School was awarded $100,000 by the U.S. Department of Education to create an automated beekeeping project, allowing students to remotely manage beehives using robotics to access data and oversee hive health.
The Muskegon-area school is one of five finalists across the country that earned $100,000 through the Rural Tech Project, which aims to advance technology education in rural areas, according to a news release by the Michigan Department of Education.