Honey bee guru Eric Mussen, Extension apiculturist and a member of the UC Davis Department of...
Honey Bee
HONEY BEE pollinating an almond tree at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, University of California, Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eric Mussen
HONEY BEE GURU Eric Mussen receives news media calls from all over the world. Here he's in front of hives at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Faciity. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at
6:58 PM
The news is not good.The honey bee crisis is worsening. Back in November of 2006, commercial...
Tending the Bees
UC DAVIS BEEKEEPER Elizabeth "Liz" Frost tends bees at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-Up
CLOSE-UP of a frame shows the queen bee (upper left) and her colony. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, March 25, 2010 at
6:36 PM
Soon beekeepers from around the country will be trucking their bees to California for the annual...
Beeline to Blossom
HONEY BEE makes a beeline to an almond blossom on the grounds of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis. California's annual almond pollination begins in February. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pollination
HONEY BEE pollinates an almond blossom on the grounds of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis. The annual almond pollination begins in February. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at
7:18 AM
What's wrong with this photo?A honey bee is nectaring a lavender, right? Right.But if you look...
Mite on bee
VARROA MITE on a honey bee (see raised reddish-brown spot under the wing). The mites reproduce in the hive, sucking the blood of pupae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up
CLOSE-UP of a Varroa mite on a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Friday, November 13, 2009 at
9:06 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