🇺🇸 United States · 2025 · 🐾 Animals
Somewhere in that hive is the queen. Your taxes hired a search party.
💸 Guess, then reveal the price
US$305,000 research award
The bees have a search party. Your taxes have a guest pass.
What actually happened
A National Science Foundation small-business award (2451147). Locating the queen quickly matters to beekeepers managing hive health.
Source: NSF SBIR/STTR ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.