715 am starting time at the lab. Not a problem walking over the muzzen wakes me up every morning 5 am sharp from the loudspeakers on at the university mosque. We here the prayers 4 other times during the day. You definitely get used to it. We carried out sort of a preliminary experiment. using a LED white light and 2 set ups using laser pointers. We used the bees that were secured yesterday to the bullet casings. We ran 20 trials for each bee waiting 10 min betwee bees, each of us had 12 bees. We gave them the Light (CS) then immediately after gave them a taste of 50% sugar water on a filter paper strip. When presented with the stip the bees extended their proboscis to lick te suar. The goal was to see if the bees could learn to associate light with food and stick out their tongue only when the light is flashed before the sugar strip is presented. In the end we did not get any consistent learning. The other group of students worked with Dr. Harrington Wells to set up for their experiment tomorrow. Lots of painting and some carpentary. When they were done they helped us get bees feeding at the station and put them in the bullet holders for tomorrows experiments. We cut off the antenna of 30 or 1/2 the bees for tomorrow. Then they were all fed sugar water for overnight. Non science stuff that happened. My group helped clean up the bee institute building. Each of us in pairs with a Turkish student has been assigned a clean up day. They do not have custodians so the students everyday must clean the building WITH VIGOR. We all chip in, the least we can do for our gracious hosts. On the way back to the dorm it was obvious that there were big things happening on campus. 'There was. It was graduation day for the economics majors. That was quite interesting as I could see the ceremony from my window. Lots of singing and dancing. A ton of people on campus. Maria, Aaron and myself went into Gorukle. The bus is small more like a van carries about 25 people sitting standing, sitting on each other and such. We all pass up our 1 Turkish Lira (TL) to the bus driver. There was traffic jam due to to the graduation ceremony. This did not deter the driver as he cut around the traffic by going into the lane next to us, that is the on coming traffic lane. He sped past cars and when there was an oncoming car he honked and squeezed inbetween 2 cars in the traffic line. What a great way to beat the traffic, plus a thrill for the passengers!!! We shopped and ate. Must mention the amazing Baklava we had!!!
Bees secured in place in the bullet casings
Cutting off antennae
Graduation gathering at the arena for the ceremony
View of Uladag Mountain from my dorm window
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