Posts Tagged: honey bees
What Do You Know About Neonics?
What do you know about neonicotinoids, aka neonics? An educational opportunity to learn more about...
A honey bee pollinating an apple blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Keep Your 'Girls' Out of California Buckeye
Beekeepers don't like their "girls" foraging in California buckeye (Aesculus californica) It's...
A bee forages on California buckeye in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
California buckeye is poisonous to bees and can result in dying brood, or misshapen brood. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A California buckeye blooming on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Boys' Night Out--with a Girl!
Two species of male sunflower bees, Svastra obliqua and Melissodes agilis, spend the day on our...
A honey bee gathers nectar from a lavender blossom while her cousins, sunflower bees (Melisodes agilis), sleep. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Our Bees Deserve The Best
This is National Pollinator Week and what better time to post some bee wisdom from Cooperative...
Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (now emeritus, shows visitors the inside of a hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension apiculturist (now retired) Eric Mussen explains bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Inside the hive: the queen bee goes about laying eggs as worker bees tend to her needs and the needs of the colony. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Buzzing of the Bees
It's National Pollinator Week, and Ann Sievers couldn't be happier. She has her olive groves, her...
Ann Sievers stands by her bees, a new addition to IL Fiorello. This week is National Pollinator Week. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ann Sievers checks an olive tree. The apiary is in the background.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bees are thriving at IL Fiorello. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee foraging on a rose at the entrance to IL Fiorello. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)