Youngsters like to joke about what a honey bee says when she returns to the hive: "Honey, I'm...
Beekeepers
BEEKEEPERS outside the window of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. At left is bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey, manager of the Laidlaw Facility and a veteran beekeeper. With her is junior specialist Elizabeth Frost. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gathering Nectar
HONEY BEE gathering nectar inside lavender blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, December 3, 2009 at
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A honey bee newsletter, "From the UC Apiaries" newsletter, written by Cooperative...
Honey Bees
HONEY BEES--Checking the health of the honey bees at a hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis is Elizabeth Frost (right), junior specialist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Queen Bee
CLOSE-UP of a queen bee shows the dot on her thorax which makes it easier for beekeepers to distinguish the queen from the worker bees and drones. Sometimes worker bees, in grooming the queen, remove the marker. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Friday, May 8, 2009 at
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