Click here for updates on this story

FORT COLLINS, Colorado ( KCNC ) -- Colorado State University is recognized as one of the top veterinary science schools in the United States, and now the university has added a course for studying honeybees for the first time.

The course was created after national regulations shifted in 2017, requiring beekeepers to have their hives medically treated by veterinarians.

"When we were first charged with taking care of bees, not a lot of veterinarians had experience with bees," said Amy Franklin, a veterinarian and educator at CSU.

This year CSU launched their honeybee veterinary sciences course, helping students looking to be vets become more educated on honeybees and the threats that surround them.

"I've been very enamored by bees my entire life,"

See Full Page