Beeyond Amazing: The Journey of an Accidental Apiarist | Ishika Anand | TEDxLAHS

Bees are among the most important creatures on the planet, yet their role is often overlooked. In this TEDxLAHS talk, high school student Ishika Anand, an avid beekeeper, explains what bees do and how people can support them. She also shares her experience as an accidental apiarist and her work advocating for pollinators through the LAHS Green Team. The talk aims to encourage listeners to give a voice to the creatures that help people so much.

• The importance of bees and pollinators, which is often invisible to people
• What bees do and how people can support them
• Ishika Anand's experience as a beekeeper
• Advocacy for pollinators through the LAHS Green Team

Her talk sheds light on the world’s most crucial creatures whose importance is often invisible to us: bees. By understanding what exactly they do and how we can support them, humans might just be able to learn a thing or two from our buzzing friends. Ishika Anand is a sophomore at Los Altos High School. She has a passion for engineering and is a part of the school’s robotics team, Eaglestrike. Outside of the classroom, she is on the Varsity Field Hockey team as a goalkeeper and learns Indian classical dance. Ishika is an avid beekeeper, and loves to advocate for pollinators and the environment through her involvement in the LAHS Green Team. She hopes to inspire others to give a voice to the creatures that help us so much, yet go unnoticed. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx