Backyard Orchard News
A beer, a butterfly and Obama
It's not often that "beer, butterfly and Obama" land in the same sentence. But such was the...
This is the cabbage white butterfly that Art Shapiro collected on President Obama's Inauguration Day, Jan. 21. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
California Rare Fruit Growers
Last weekend the Sequoia chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers held their annual meeting at...
Rare Fruit Growers at Lindcove
Big smiles in the lemon row
Bee-ing Healthy
When it comes to honey bee health, beekeepers know that the Varroa mite (Varroa destructor) ranks...
This frame shows healthy bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Queen bee and her workers. A Varroa mite is on the head of a bee at right of this photo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a Varroa mite on a worker bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This Is Definitely a Magnet for Bees and Flower Flies
The bush germander (Teucrium fruticans) is definitely a great fall-winter plant that's a...
Honey bee foraging in bush germander. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Syrphid fly, aka flower fly or hover fly, visiting germander. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Zeroing in on Pests
They'll be zeroing in on pests at the next meeting of the Northern California Entomology...
Newly elected president Robert Dowell (right) talks with UC Davis Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen and UC Davis mosquito researcher Debbie Dritz. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)