Backyard Orchard News
CCPP Invites Industry to Collaborate
Citrus germplasm and nursery stock production have been through dramatic changes the last few years...
Nurserymen suit up for the protective structures tour at LREC
Pollen: Precious Gold
The California Gold Rush (1848-1855) has nothing on honey bees. Sometimes foraging honey bees are...
Honey bee is covered with pollen from a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee is dusted with pollen from the blanket flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lift off? The bee struggles to take off. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hurrah for the Red, White and Blue!
It's the Fourth of July--a time to celebrate our nation's Independence Day. Hurrah for the red,...
Honey bee packing red pollen from a rock purslane. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of white pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Blue pollen from a bird's eye blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why This Is Bee Is Cuckoo
When you visit the half-acre Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a bee friendly garden on Bee...
A male cuckoo bee, Triepeolus concavus, on a blanket flower (Gaillardia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Male cuckoo bee sipping nectar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An Admiral at the Marina
There's nothing like seeing an admiral at a marina. That would be the Red Admiral butterfly,...
A West Coast Lady at the Berkeley Marina. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Red Admiral at the Berkeley Marina. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)