Harrison Bolton Email & Phone Number

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, Nc; Charlotte, Nc; Richmond, Va; Reston, Va; Tampa, Fl; New York, Ny

Beekeeper --> Lead BeekeeperMaintain over 350 Honey Bee colonies mostly in urban settings like rooftops, city gardens, and public landscaped areas by:- Utilizing colony commodities and performing various methods of beekeeping. - Swarm catching by hand ~ over 15 caught in 2022 (50 in lifetime)- Splitting/supering colonies to increase stock ~ over 40 splits in 2022 (600 in lifetime)- Queen rearing/breeding ~ over 20 successfully reared in 2022 (120 in lifetime)- Honey Bee integrated pest management.Help lead a team of growing beekeepers and teaching beekeeping methodology internally for non-beekeepers and future beekeepers through:- Designing presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint for new teammates which is adaptable for future employees to use- Hands-on practical field days- Creating routes and schedules based on Bee Colony needs, partner availability, employee strengths, employee availability, weather, and operations needs- Feedback- Ownership• Public outreach programs to raise awareness of the importance of the Honey Bee within communities.• Team building projects using the Honey Bee and/or commodities taken from Honey Bee colonies as a case example.• Beekeeping consultation services for other companies ~ both Quantitative and Qualitative.• Significantly increasing Honey yields from colonies in 2021.

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, Nc; Rocky Mount, Nc; Richmond, Va

Help to maintain over 150 Honey Bee colonies mostly in urban settings like rooftops, city gardens, and public landscaped areas by:- Utilizing colony commodities and performing various methods of beekeeping. - Swarm catching ~ over 22 caught in 2020- Splitting/supering colonies to increase stock ~ over 55 splits in 2020- Queen rearing/breeding ~ over 60 successfully reared in 2020- Honey Bee integrated pest management.• Public outreach programs to raise awareness of the importance of the Honey Bee within communities.• Team building projects using the Honey Bee and/or commodities taken from Honey Bee colonies as a case example.• Beekeeping consultation services for other companies ~ both Quantitative and Qualitative.• Problem solving, adapting, and aiding in the growth of the company during the COVID-19 pandemic.• Designing learning presentations internally and externally using Microsoft PowerPoint.• Using Microsoft Excel, designed internal programs for Queen Rearing and team task organization.

Cedar Grove, Nc; Prospect Hill, Nc; Mebane, Nc; Alachua, Fl; Sanger, Ca

Intern --> Full-time• Following Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), conducted research trials within Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Sponsor Parameters.• Focused on Tier 2 and Tier 3 Residue study conduction.• Sampled, processed, and prepared commodities for analytical department.• Performed Colony Condition Assessments (CCA's) recording and training.• Created trainings and research posters/presentations.• Maintained hundreds of Honey Bee colonies for studies by:- Moving/transporting of colonies along the east coast.- Splitting/supering hives and using knowledge gained to increase stock.- Queen rearing/breeding.- Integrated pest management techniques which included varroa mites, nosema, and small hive beetles.- Setting up apiary sites for studies.- Sourcing Bees and Queens.- Creating documentation to record Honey Bee Colony health as well as logs for treatment and feeding regimes.

Cedar Grove, Nc; Prospect Hill, Nc; Traveled To In, Wi, Ne, And Pei

Seasonal Intern 2016 --> Long-term Intern 2017• Pollinator Research and Pollinator Residue Studies (PRS) following Good Laboratory Practices (GLP):- Domestic and international travel to continue work on the same studies, but in different locations.- Data Collection for lab and field studies.- Tunnel Construction and plot maintenance for Tier 2 studies.- Application, mixing, and spiking of chemicals for studies.- Sampling commodities from Honey Bee colonies.- Preparing commodities via dissection and identification for lab analysis.- Helping to identify various flowering plants within field sites for native pollinators for pollinator research.

Greensboro, Nc

• Assisted as a volunteer to construct two wetlands on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.• Learned to visually and audibly identify bird species.• Documented plant and animal species within the two wetlands areas.• Assisted in designing abstracts and educational brochures for the wetlands areas.• Helped in designing an easy to use amendable brochure template using Adobe® Photoshop and GIMP for future students.• Designed and presented a poster at the North Carolina Lake Management Society (NCLMS) 2017 Spring Workshop at Alamance Community College (ACC) pertaining to the outreach of the educational pamphlet.• See: https://wetlands.uncg.edu/installation/ for more information on the wetlands.

Cedar Grove, Nc; Prospect Hill, Nc

• Focused on Pollinator Research and Pollinator Residue Studies (PRS):- Acquired Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) certification.- Gained experience with Honey Bees and Bumble Bees.- Built Tunnels and maintained plots for Tier 2 studies.- Applied, mixed, and spiked chemicals for applications.- Sampled commodities from Honey Bee Colonies for Tier 2 and Tier 3 studies.- Prepared commodities via dissection and identification for lab analysis.- Data collection for lab and field studies.

Greensboro, Nc; Gold Hill Historic Park, Gold Hill, Nc

• Ran a series of single line transect with a GSSI SIR® 3000 Ground Penetrating Radar to produce two-dimensional subsurface profiles as well as three-dimensional cross-sectional models with the RADAN 7 program.• Interpreted RADAN 7 data to reveal potential subsurface risks and voids.• Mapped local data at Gold Hill Historic Park, Gold Hill, North Carolina using the program ArcMap GIS.• Designed abstracts and presentation posters to present at three undergraduate symposiums: State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research & Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS), Undergraduate Research and Creativity Expo at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), and The Geological Society Of America (GSA) Southeastern Section 65th Annual Meeting.