Our last field trip of the semester was to our own UD farm. As a pre-vet major, I had been on and taken classes on the farm before. Scott Hopkins, the farm superintendent, taught us about the social lives of bees and specifically what a “swarm” of bees was. I had never known much about them so it was very interesting to me to get insight into the lives of bees. We also went to the horse barn and Scott explained to us that horses are very challenging to work with  because they have very stubborn temperaments and are not seen as livestock animals anymore. Their transition to being considered pets has created some challenges for what they are to do with the horses, especially because they are a lot to care for. Land is in short supply as sustaining it and maintaining resources pose the greatest challenges for future farm operations.