Backyard Orchard News
Davis Bee Sanctuary: The Place to 'Bee'
(Note: Due to a forecast of heavy rain, the grand opening originally scheduled March 24 is now...
Derek Downey checks out a birdhouse filled with bees. The bees swarmed March 30 and are now established in a once-vacant bee box in the sanctuary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Melanie Lataste examines a frame of honey. She and her husband, Pierre Arrial, are new members of the Bee Collective.
Know Your California Beekeepers
When the annual California Ag Day takes place Wednesday, March 21 on the west side of the...
Kathy Kellison, executive director of Partners for Sustainable Pollination, headquartered in Santa Rosa, delivers information to the 2011 beekeepers' booth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Drone (male bee) emerging from drone comb. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Master Gardener Training a Success
Lindcove recently hosted a Tulare-Kings Master Gardener citrus training day with farm advisor...
UCCE Farm Advisor Craig Kallsen explains how to properly prune a citrus tree.
Wearing of the Green
It's St. Patrick's Day tomorrow and time for "The Wearing of the Green." "The Wearing of the...
Male green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, nectaring on a seaside daisy, Erigeron glaucus Wayne Roderick at Tomales Bay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of metallic green sweat bee, a male. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Female metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sticky Business
If you've ever watched spiders trap their prey in their sticky webs, you've probably wondered: "Why...
A garden spider spinning a web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Garden spider wrapping its prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)