Backyard Orchard News
Waiting for the Bees
Where, oh where, is that first bumble bee of the year? It's about this time of the year when the...
A queen black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, foraging on pansies on Jan. 22, 2014. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, on rock purslane. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why Spring Doesn't Seem So Distant
The honey bees are hungry. Those venturing out from their colonies as the temperatures edge toward...
Honey bee foraging in a flowering quince. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee on a sea of pink: flowering quince. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Blue skies, an early blooming quince, a honey bee and all's right with the world. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Marla Spivak's Keynote Speech: 'Helping Bees Stand on Their Own Six Feet'
"Helping Bees Stand on Their Own Six Feet." Yes, honey bees have six feet, and that's the title of...
Honey bee foraging on a tulip. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
'Super Sleuth' Solves the Mystery of the Dead Bees
What's killing the honey bees? The email arrived in my UC Davis inbox at 9:10 a.m., Thursday, Jan....
This dead honey bee with a load of pollen was among dozens found outside the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee guru Eric Mussen explains bee behavior to Mondavi house manager Kerrilee Knights. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Dead bees, with pollen loads intact. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Real Skinny on Migrating Monarchs, Milkweed
A recent article in Science magazine, headlined “Plan to Save Monarch Butterflies...
A male monarch nectaring Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)