The Western Apicultural Society (WAS) conference, taking place this week in the Dry Creek Inn,...
Honey Bee
HONEY BEES are nectaring outside the Western Apicultural Society conference in Healdsburg. The key subject at the conference: bee health. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at
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Entomologists, geneticists and virologists are still searching for the cause of colony collapse...
Plight of the Honey Bee
EXTENSION APICULTURIST Eric Mussen (left) of the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty shares information with Pennsylvania State Uniersity entomologist Dennis van Engelsdorp at the 2007 meeting of the Entomological Society of America. UC Davis and Penn State receive research funds in a project launched by Haagen-Dazs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Jeff Pettis
ENTOMOLOGIST Jeff Pettis talks about the plight of the honey bees at the Entomological Society of America's annual meeting in 2007. Pettis is with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Md. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at
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Colony collapse disorder (CCD), the mysterious phenomonen characterized by honey bees abandoning...
Busy Bees
WORKER BEES keep the hive humming. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Abandoned Hive
A SINGLE ANTENNA pokes through a cell from an abandoned hive. Colony collapse disorder is characterized by the mysterious phenomenon of bees leaving the hive, never to return. They leave behind the queen and immature brood (eggs, larvae and pupae) and stored food. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, June 4, 2009 at
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What's happening with the honey bees?
Those following the mysterious phenomonen known as colony...
Pollen-packing bee
Pollen-packing honey bee in winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) in Storer Gardens, University of California, Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eric Mussen
EXTENSION APICULTURIST Eric Mussen answers scores of questions about honey bees every day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 at
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The BBC this week examined colony collapse disorder (CCD), a mysterious phenomonen characterized by...
Varroa mite on drone
VARROA MITE on drone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tiny mite
TINY MITE--The tip of the pen shows just how tiny the varroa mite is. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, March 12, 2009 at
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