Posts Tagged: mustard
Cutting the Mustard
"Spring is the busiest time of year for honey bees, and their keepers, whether the operation...
A honey bee with a huge pollen load heads for more mustard pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee foraging on mustard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Good News for the Bees!
Good news for the honey bees! And none too soon. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary...
Honey bee foraging on mustard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Rapini! Rapini! Rapini!
Honey bee population declining? You wouldn't know it if you were to visit the two rapini patches...
A honey bee foraging on rapini at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee takes a liking to the rapini. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Multi-tasking honey bee cleaning its tongue and packing its pollen load. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A large pollen load. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wearing of the Green--and the Yellow
St. Patrick's Day is the "wearing of the green," but it's also the "wearing of the yellow." Wild...
Bee hives nestled in a field of green and yellow (mustard) along Highway 12, Napa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee foraging in mustard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Going 'Rad'
It may not be the farmer's friend, but it's the beekeeper's friend. Wild radish (Raphanus...
A honey bee heading for wild radish. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee in motion. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)