Posts Tagged: Honey bee
It's All the Buzz: WAS to Meet in Davis in 2017
It's all the buzz. It's just been announced that the Western Apicultural Society (WAS), founded 40...
This sign, fronting the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis, is the work of self-described "rock artist" Donna Billick of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is "Miss Bee Haven," a worker bee ceramic-mosaic sculpture that anchors the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. It is the work of Donna Billick (shown) of Davis, a self-described "rock artist." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology operates the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, west of the central campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extra, Extra, Read All About It!
Extra, extra, read all about it! This "extra" has nothing to do with a special edition of a...
A honey bee heads for a passionflower vine (Passiflora). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What is the honey bee seeking on the passionflower vine? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The honey bee is seeking extra-floral nectaries on the petiole of a passionflower vine. They are described by Lenore Durkee of Grinnell College, Iowa, as "glands that secrete primarily sugars and are found on the vegetative portions of many species of plants." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pretty in Pink--And in Other Colors, Too!
They're pretty in pink. Well, not just pink. All other colors, too. It's National Honey Bee...
A honey bee heads toward rock purslane. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee foraging on zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This bee took a liking to a nectarine blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
So, You Want to Become a Beekeeper...
So you want to become a beekeeper... You want to do your part to help the declining bee...
Worker bees and queen cells. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A drone (male bee) emerging. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Find the queen! This photo of Italian honey bees was taken at Jackie Burris-Parks Queens, Palo Cedro. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Where You Can Learn All About Bees and Beekeeping
If you're a beekeeper or plan to become a beekeeper, you need to read the UC Davis Apiculture...
There's the queen! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The first hives in the new Educational Apiary at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. Front: Kenyan Top Bar Hive; back right, Warré hive; back left, Langstroth hive with Flow™ Hive frames. (E. L. Niño Lab Photo)