Backyard Orchard News
Learning About Native Bees
So you want to learn about native bees...Just drop by the Davis Public Library next Thursday...
Male metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, nectaring on a seaside daisy, Erigeron glaucus Wayne Roderick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
New solar array constructed at Kearney
The solar array at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center has been completed. Robert Ray, superintendent of the physical plant, said it will be integrated into the PG&E grid within a month and begin generating electricity for the F. Gordon Mitchell Post Harvest Laboratory, the sensory laboratory and a plant and sample handling lab. Below are photos of the construction process. Infrastructure has already been installed underground to expand the array when funds become available.
Everything's Coming Up Roses--and a Few Bees
Honey bees aren't that much into roses. Wild roses, yes. Cultivated roses, not so much. Given a...
Honey bee foraging on a rose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee blends into a rose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee working a rose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Migratory Immunity in Monarchs
Monarch butterflies, says Sonia Altizer, are "globally distributed and best known for undertaking a...
A monarch butterfly foraging on a Mexican sunflower in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yule'll Like This One
If you're growing a tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii) in your yard, you won't need a stop sign or...
Honey bee foraging in a tower of jewels. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee gets down to business. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Upside down honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)