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California Honey Festival: Bee-ing All It Can Bee
You may not be able to get close enough to take a selfie with a honey bee foraging on your flowers,...
Miss Honey Bee, Benji Shade of Woodland Christian High School, takes a selfie with her teacher, Jessica Hiatt at the inaugural California Honey Festival in downtown Woodland. This year's festival is Saturday, May 5.
Sometimes you can't get close enough to get a selfie of a bee foraging in flowers, such as this pollen-packing bee on lupine. But at the California Honey Festival, you can get photos of yourself with Miss Honey Bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why You Should Bee-Coming to the California Honey Festival
Here's why you should bee-coming to the second annual California Honey Festival, set from 10 a.m....
Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño (left) demonstrates how to open a hive to a UC Davis summer camp. She'll be giving three live bee demonstrations at the California Honey Bee Festival: the first at 11:15, then 1 p.m. and the third at 3:45 in the bee tent. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Amina Harris, director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center, stands ready to greet visitors to the second annual California Honey Festival, set all day Saturday, May 5 in downtown Woodland. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Symposium to Target Zika, West Nile and Other Vector-Borne Diseases
They'll target Zika, West Nile, Chikungunya and other vector-borne diseases. The annual UC Davis...
This is Aedes aegypti, also known as "The Yellow Fever Mosquito." It transmits Zika and other viruses. (CDC Photo)
In the News: Hammock and Zhang Labs Target Obesity-Enhanced Colon Cancer
Bruce Hammock, a distinguished professor of entomology with the UC Davis Department of Entomology...
Bruce Hammock is a UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology with a joint appointment at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Co-authors Bruce Hammock (center) with Jun Yang (left), a lead co-author and Sung Hee Hwang. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Fly Fishers of Davis: Tying One On
It was difficult to say who enjoyed this event the most: the Fly Fishers of Davis...
While mom (right) observes, Steven Mao, 7, of Davis, watches Dave Driscoll of the Fly Fishers of Davis tie a fly during the 104th annual UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is how you do it, Fly Fisher Dave Driscoll of Vacaville tells Steven Mao, 7, of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Steven Mao is totally fascinated with Dave Driscoll's fly-tying demonstration. An avid angler, Driscoll retired in 2004 as a Solano County deputy district attorney. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
All finished, and it's yours! Steven Mao gratefully accepts the gift from mentor Dave Driscoll. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)