Niki Johnston, Secretary for the STEM Materials Center, has a wide range of duties, and this week they include “butterfly babysitting.” Watch as Niki transfers newly emerged butterflies from the “nursery” into the “toddler room.”

The butterflies are still pretty sleepy when they emerge, which is when Niki transfers them, so that they don’t fly away. When asked how she keeps the more awake butterflies in the “toddler room” from escaping, she explains that her trick is, “Hope.”