Posts Tagged: Eric Mussen
How Many Hives for Almond Pollination?
We've been watching the almonds budding and blossoming since late January. They're in full bloom...
Honey bee working an almond blossom on the grounds of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Almond orchard on Pitt School Road, Dixon, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Zeroing in on Honey Bee Decline
Honey bee guru Eric Mussen talks a lot about the declining honey bee population. After all, he's...
Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen answers questions from a Woodland crowd. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Queen bee and her retinue. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Not Everybody Loves Honey Bees
Not everybody loves honey bees. Indeed, about one percent of the population will go into...
Honey bee foraging on rosemary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sweet!
A good way to spend part of Valentine's Day is to "bee" among the almond blossoms.We stopped by the...
Honey bee foraging on almond blossoms on Valentine's Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee working the blossoms on Valentine's Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee in flight on Valentine's Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
First the Tweets, then the Buzzes
"Almonds are one of the first crops of the season that need bee pollination," tweeted the Almond...
Honey bee pollinating almonds in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee cleaning her tongue as she heads for the next blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Peek-a-bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Up, up and away. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)