Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
The Plant Sciences Institute and the Animal and Natural Resources Institute
have been combined to form the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
Steven R. Shafer, Director
steven.shafer@ars.usda.gov
Ellen W. Harris, Associate Director
ellen.harris@ars.usda.gov
10300 Baltimore Ave
Bldg. 003, Rm. 231, BARC-West
Beltsville, MD 20705
(301)504-6591
![Cacao Pods and Honey Bees on Honeycomb](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130213212924im_/http://ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Place/12750000/Images/cacaoBees.jpg)