What’s Buzzing in the National Archives CatalogSince September is National Honey Month, we

What’s Buzzing in the National Archives Catalog

Since September is National Honey Month, we celebrate the critter who brings us liquid gold, the honey bee. While buzzing around the National Archives Catalog, Archives Technician Aaron came across this photograph of some honey bees in space on the Space Shuttle Challenger. The caption of the photograph reads, “STS-41C mission specialists Terry Hart (left) and George Nelson (background) examine an aluminum box containing honey bees, a student submitted shuttle experiment, on the Challenger’s middeck.” I just hope those bees stay in the box, because if they get out, it’s going to be one wild space ride with nowhere to run. 

To find more interesting records, buzz around the National Archives Catalog, and to learn more about bees, visit the website of the American Beekeeping Federation. 

Series: Mission Photographs Taken During the Space Shuttle Program, 1981-2011.Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1903-2006. (National Archives Identifier 22604198).