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As the "Bee Girl," Kaitlyn Culbert from Toms River High School North has gained notoriety by taking top prizes for her honeybee-related projects at science fairs all across the region.
She has received more recognition for her efforts, which include a
YouTube channel, research projects in the lab, and the development and promotion of pollinator gardens, including the Governor's Environmental Excellence Award for student-led environmental education.
Culbert is one of ten honorees in the 23rd annual presentation of the awards, which honors people and groups for their dedication and leadership on a range of environmental issues, such as environmental justice, climate change, sustainability, education, and the preservation of natural resources.
She received recognition for her work on advancements in honeybee health at the 2020 AEOP (Army Education Outreach Program) National Science Challenge and the Delaware Valley Science Fair. She has placed in the finals of the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, the largest science competition for high school students in the world, for the previous two years.
Varroa mites are the primary threat to honeybees, and Culbert collaborated with Rutgers and Stockton universities to perform a laboratory project and field investigation using them.
But she doesn't only conduct research. In its presentation of the prize, the state Department of Environmental Protection emphasized her efforts to form a 4-H beekeeping club based at Jakes Branch County Park in Beachwood. Culbert obtained donations for honeybees, beehives, and equipment so that the 4-H Busy Bees Beekeeping Club could instruct other children about the most significant pollinator in the planet.
