Backyard Orchard News
Huanglongbing Found in Southern California
Many of you have heard, that huanglongbing was found in a tree in a yard in Hacienda Heights in...
HLB infected leaves of a pummelo (Florida)
Rescue 911
Okay, I’ll admit it. I have a soft spot for honey bees. Today I fished out some thoroughly...
Drenched honey bee gets ready to sip honey from a plastic spoon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee cleaning her tongue. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Don't Impale the Queen!
A would-be beekeeper "inherited" an empty bee box, a reconditioned bee box, in his backyard. "How...
Bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey of UC Davis and Washington State University shows how to hold a queen--by the thorax. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A frame of Susan Cobey's New World Carniolan bees (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
They Know Their Insects
They know their insects. They know what a "land lobster" is. They know diseases caused by...
The winning Davis Linnaean Team is comprised of (from left) Kelly Hamby, Matan Shelomi, Kelly Liebman and Jenny Carlson. With them is mascot, Max. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kill It Or Let It Live?
So, you've just stepped on a bug. Do you kill it and put it out of its "misery" or do you let it...
A red-shouldered stink bug peers at the camera. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)