Honeybee breeding plays a critical role in colony health, pollination success, and agricultural resilience. Ryals is developing Genobee, a genetics-driven service platform that helps honeybee breeders make more informed breeding decisions. By applying breeding and genetic analysis methods already common in cattle and crop breeding into a practical tool for commercial use, Genobee aims to help breeders select for healthier, more productive, and more resilient colonies.

Drawing on firsthand experience in commercial beekeeping, Ryals hopes entrepreneurship will be the most direct path to industry impact, translating research into tools that can be adopted by commercial breeders and improve bee populations at scale.