Posts Tagged: bees
Spring Has Sprung: Bees, Butterflies and Blossoms Grace the Dixon May Fair
"Spring Has Sprung!" That's the theme of the 146th annual Dixon May Fair, the 36th District...
Students at the Tremont Elementary School, Dixon, created this "Spring Has Sprung" basket of flowers and pollinators as their entry in the Dixon May Fair, May 11-14. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's all the buzz! Pat Connelly, superintendent of the Dixon May Fair Floriculture Building, crafted this motif of bees and a blossom to decorate the building. With her is her 9-year-old Yorkie, Carly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pat Connelly, superintendent of the Dixon May Fair Floriculture Building, created this wall art work, which resembles Matilija poppy blossoms. Below are images of bees foraging on Matilija poppies. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two youth exhibitors entered these wall hangings: at left is the work of Regan Van Tuyl, 13, of Dixon, and at right, work of Elizabeth Martinez, 14, of Elk Grove. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Professor Irene Newton: Inside the Honey Bee Gut
"The honey bee gut is home to varied and diverse bacterial species," says Professor Irene...
A honey bee in flight, heading for a Phacelia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee foraging on Phacelia, a popular bee plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pollination Ecologist Neal Williams: The Importance of Native Bees
Did you know that California is home to more than 1600 species of undomesticated bees—most of...
A squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, pollinating a squash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This native bee is the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, emerging from a foxglove. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, foraging on a seaside daisy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A native leafcutter bee, Megachile fidelis, on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey Bee Geneticist Rob Pages Launches YouTube Channel: Fascinating World of Bees
If you're interested in bees--as a scientist, beekeeper or just as an enthusiast--you'll want to...
Honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. examining a swarm.
Squirrel Vs. Bees: Sorry, No Vacancy!
Call it “The Battle Over a Tree Hollow." Feral bees have occupied—and...
Look closely and you can see a squirrel occupying a small hollow or cavity in a sycamore tree. The cavity has been home to feral bees for at least two decades. (Image taken in Vacaville by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's all that noise about? Can't a squirrel get some sleep? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The squirrel pokes his head out of his home, his sleepy hollow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Occupied! No vacancy! The squirrel is aware that bees are circling, trying to move into "his" hollow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
With the squirrel gone, honey bees quickly move into the hollow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)