Posts Tagged: honey bees
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)
Our Girls Made the News!
Did you see that amazing time-lapse video of honey bee development by Anand Varma on the...
Staff research associate/beekeeper Billy Synk tending the hives at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bees keeping bee-sy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The sign that fronts the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility is the mosaic-ceramic work of Davis artist Donna Billick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Honey of a Day, a Honey of a Picnic
It promises to be a "honey of a day" and a "honey of a picnic" at the 101st annual UC Davis Picnic...
Beekeepers like to sample honey fresh from a comb. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This was the scene of last year's honey tasting event at Briggs Hall. That's Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, now retired, staffing the table. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)