Posts Tagged: Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility
Honey, I've Found You! Open House on Sunday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, Dec. 10
If you like honey and want to learn more about it, the place to “bee” on Sunday, Nov....
Before it's jarred, honey looks like this! The honey is at the top of this frame. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Some facts about bees, from the California State Beekeepers' Association. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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)
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)
Did You Hear the Buzz?
If you attended the 141st annual Dixon May Fair, held May 5-8, and saw the honey bee display in...
Fisheye view of the honey bee display at Madden Hall, Dixon May Fair. In front is Cammie Garton, fair employee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Dixon May Fair's Cammie Garton stands by an observation hive in Madden Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
These decorated bee boxes are the work of youths in Garry Haddon's beekeeping project, Vaca Valley 4-H Club, Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
One display featured this interactive exhibit from UC Davis: "Guess if I'm a pollinator or not?" (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Protective equipment--bee suits, gloves and smokers--lined a fence in Madden Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)