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If Varroa Mites Are Bugging You...Coming Soon: UC Davis Course and WAS Presentation

Varroa mites on drone pupae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

If you're a beekeeper and varroa mites are bugging you--to the point whether you wonder if you're...

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Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 5:12 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bernardo Niño (4), Elina Lastro Niño (3), UC ANR (1), UC Davis (121), varroa mites (3), Western Apicultural Society (3)

Susan Cobey: Part of WSU Team That Is 'Building a Better Bee'

WSU bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey (far left) and California commercial queen bee breeder Jackie Park-Burris watch as Manuele Cantoni, Italian queen breeder, opens a hive. This photo was taken last summer in Bologna, Italy.

"Girls, where's your mother?” It's August, 2007 and bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey,...

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Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 12:33 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bee breeder (1), geneticist (1), Italy (1), Jackie Park-Burris (2), Slovenia (1), Steve Sheppard (1), Susan Cobey (12), UC Davis (121), Washington State University (5)

Gene Brandi, Speaker at WAS Conference: Managing Honey Bees in California

A varroa mite (reddish-brownish spot at left beneath the wings) is attached to this forager nectaring on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Varroa mites--considered the No. 1 enemy of beekeepers--will be among the topics discussed when...

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Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 4:54 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: American Beekeeping Federation (1), Eric Mussen (10), Gene Brandi (1), UC Davis (121), varroa mites (3), Western Apicultural Society (3)

UC Davis Is Place to 'Bee' Sept. 5-8 for the Western Apicultural Society Conference

The Bee Team: Eric Mussen, WAS president, and his wife, Helen, his assistant in planning the WAS program. They are pictured by Miss Bee Haven, a sculpture by Donna Billick that anchors the Häagen Dazs Bee Haven. A tour of the garden is planned during the Sept. 5-8 conference. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis is the place to "bee" on Sept. 5-8 for the Western Apicultural Society's 40th annual...

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Posted on Monday, July 24, 2017 at 4:30 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bee conference (1), Eric Mussen (10), honey bees (16), Norm Gary (1), UC Davis (121), Western Apicultural Society (3)

UC Davis Commencement Speaker: Upholding the Standard of a Healthy Flatworm

Student speaker Hannah Trumbull is flanked by Helene Dillard, dean of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and UC Davis Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph Hexter.

“Nematodes” and “commencement” don't usually appear together in the same...

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Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 2:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: commencement (1), Hannah Trumbull (1), Helene Dillard (1), James R. Carey (1), nematodes (1), Ralph Hexter (1), UC Davis (121), worms (1)

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