MICRO-BIO

• German Perilla rreceived his Masters in Sustainable Development from George Mason University 20012. A great portion of his career has been in Colombia where he has worked extensivley with indigenous communites using honey bees to enhance sustainabil...More

  German Perilla rreceived his Masters in Sustainable Development from George Mason University 20012. A great portion of his career has been in Colombia where he has worked extensivley with indigenous communites using honey bees to enhance sustainability and ecomomic self-sufficiency. A founding member of an open association of beekeepers, ASOAPICUN, German's reputation earned him an appointment by the Colombian Presidency to work as a consultant and traning facilitator to the United Nations's Office for Displaced Persons of Violence where he taught apiculture and business skills to refugees. At the invitation of the Israeli government, German became a member of a select multi-national group of university-educated apiarists representing all contients(except Antartica), to facilitate the exchange of beekeeping experience from beekeppers areound the world, and to promote apiculture as a profitable enterprise. At Mason, German directs the Honey Bee Initiative, teaches beekeeping classes in the Collegee of Science, conducts bee research, and spearheads HBI global enterpreneruship outreach.

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EXPERIENCE

• George Mason University

  • Director Honey Bee Initiative
  • School of Business
  • January 2012 to Present

EDUCATION

• George Mason University

  • Masters of Sustainable Development
  • August 2010 to May 2012

  How to use bees as a sustainable development

Links

• The Honey Bee Initiative