A tip of the bee veil to Susan Cobey.
Cobey, bee breeder-geneticist and manager of the Harry H....
High Honor
HIGH HONOR--UC Davis bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey receives the "Outstanding Service to Beekeeping" award at the Western Apicultural Society conference from president Eric Mussen, Extension apiculturist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, August 27, 2009 at
6:06 PM
What's causing colony collapse disorder (CCD)?
Are we any closer to determining the cause?
CCD,...
Honey Bee
HONEY BEE heads for lavender. "It's especially important to provide nectar and pollens at the end of the season-- late summer and fall," says Extension Apiculturist Eric Mussen of UC Davis. "That's when resources tend to become scarce." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at
6:24 PM
Entomologists, geneticists and virologists are still searching for the cause of colony collapse...
Plight of the Honey Bee
EXTENSION APICULTURIST Eric Mussen (left) of the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty shares information with Pennsylvania State Uniersity entomologist Dennis van Engelsdorp at the 2007 meeting of the Entomological Society of America. UC Davis and Penn State receive research funds in a project launched by Haagen-Dazs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Jeff Pettis
ENTOMOLOGIST Jeff Pettis talks about the plight of the honey bees at the Entomological Society of America's annual meeting in 2007. Pettis is with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Md. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at
6:38 PM
Beekeepers consider stings just a part of their job.
However, say the word "bee" and John Q. and...
Stinger
CLOSE-UP of a bee sting. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Site of the Sting
THIS WHITE BUMP is the site of a bee sting, about 20 hours old. Beekeepers generally consider stings just a part of the job. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, August 6, 2009 at
6:36 PM
Honey bees--what do you know about them?
Do you know what the queen bee, worker bees and drones...
Honey bee on Almond
HONEY BEE nectars an almond blossom. This is one of the photos appearing on Cooperative Extension's newly launched Bee Health Web site. California's 700,000 acres of almonds require two hives per acre for pollination. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pollen-Packing Bee
POLLEN-PACKING BEE heads for an almond blossom. This is one of the photos appearing on Cooperative Extension's newly launched Bee Health Web site. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at
6:10 PM