Backyard Orchard News
I'm Just a Little Ol' Honey Bee Foraging on Lavender
I'm just a little ol' honey bee foraging on lavender. I left my warm colony in Vacaville, Calif....
Peek-a-bee! Hi, it's just me, a honey bee foraging on lavender in mid-December in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ahh, nectar! See my tongue (proboscis)? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
I think I'll crawl over to the next blossom. Nobody around to stop me! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bye, bye! That's it for me. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A 'Firecracker of a Surprise' in Davis: Who Knew?
When plant and insect enthusiast Ria de Grassi discovered caterpillars on her firecracker plant,...
These are the caterpillars (larvae) of the Buckeye butterfly, Junonia coenia, that Ria de Grassi noticed on her firecracker plant. (Photo by Ria de Grassi)
Plant and insect enthusiast Ria de Grassi of Davis, a UC Davis alumna, reads in her newly landscaped backyard, a "Life After Lawn" project. (Photo by Katie Hetrick, UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden)
Firecracker plant, Russellia equisetiforis, thrives by the Sciences Lab Building on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Want to Learn How to Care for Bees? UC Davis Offering Courses
Want to bee-come a beekeeper and learn the ABC's of taking care of colonies? Think "A" for apiary;...
Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño conducts a beekeeping course. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Like to learn more about honey bees? UC Davis is offering beekeeping courses beginning March 24. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wonderful News for the CA Master Beekeeper Program!
Oh, how much this is needed! Congratulations to the California Master Beekeeper Program, the newly...
Elina Lastro Niño (left) tests a prospective graduate of the California Master Beekeeper Program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Beekeeper Charley Nye (right), manager of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, scores an applicant in the California Master Beekeeper Program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Time Is Ticking...Do You Fuse Art with Science?
Time is ticking...do you fuse art with science? Is your art ready to show? Organizers of...
If fuse art with science through drawings, paintings, watercolors, photographs, sculptures, textiles, video, or mixed media, consider entering the Consilience of Art and Science Show at the Pence Gallery, Davis. Here a honey bee "poses" on a yellow rose in the winter. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)