Posts Tagged: honey bees
The Saga of the Defensive Honey Bees
The saga of the defensive honey bees--or what journalists labeled "aggressive" honey bees--in...
Honey bee guru Eric Mussen, now Extension apiculturist emeritus, opening a hive at UC Davis for a group tour. These are European honey bees, also called Western honey bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An Africanized bee collected in Mexico by Rob Page, former professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, is positioned next to a European honey bee. The EHB may have shrunk; the bees are considered non-distinguishable except through DNA tests. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Africanized Bees: How Far North?
Africanized honey bees arrived in southern California in 1994 and are expanding north. How far...
Collection of Africanized bee swarms can be an issue. These bees are European honey bees (not Africanized) that swarmed on the UC Davis North Hall/Dutton Hall complex in 2012. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Scientists are studying feral colonies for Africanized bee expansion. This photo was taken in 2011 in a Vacaville backyard; the European honey bee colony was a joy to the homeowner until its collapse. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Celebrating the Honey Bees and Earth Day
Doom or gloom? Boom or bloom? Today is Earth Day, and millions of folks around the world...
Two honey bees forage in the tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A cordovan honey bee dives head first in a tower of jewels blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee, its tongue or proboscis extended, heads for a nectar treat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How to Bee All You Can Bee
A bee is a bee is a bee. A fly is a fly is a fly. Thank you, Gertrude Stein. If you've ever wanted...
A drone fly on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee on a tangerine blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A drone fly on a gum plant blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee nectaring lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Going Native with the Native Bees
If you want to learn more about native bees, mark your calendar for Saturday, April...
Male mountain carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, nectaring on salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)