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Honey Bee Scientist Amro Zayed at UC Davis Feb. 11

The queen and her court. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

There's a lot of interest building in this seminar. Amro Zayed of the Department of Biology, York...

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Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 5:49 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Amro Zayed (1), Brian Johnson (2), honey bee genetics (1), Susan Cobey (82)

A Bee Beard Like No Other

This photo of former UC Davis visiting bee scientist Jakub Gabka of Poland won the gold award for best feature photo, presented recently by international Association for Communication Excellence. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee scientists, beekeepers and bee photographers so love their bees that they can't get enough of...

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Posted on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 9:16 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bee beard (1), international Association for Communication Excellence (1), Jakub Gabka (2), Susan Cobey (82)

Just Bee-Cause

Queen Turner inspects the beekeeping operation on the rooftop of the San Francisco Chronicle. Turner completed a 10-month stay in the U.S. and returned to Botswana where she is head of the beekeeping section of the Ministry of Agriculture in the Botswana government. (Photo: Kathy Keatley Garvey)

In recent years, honey bees received neither recognition nor respect until commercial beekeeper...

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Posted on Friday, March 7, 2014 at 11:12 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: beekeepers (2), Brenda Dawson (1), Horticulture Innovation Lab (1), Queen Turner (2), Susan Cobey (82), Women Feeding the World (2)

Susan Cobey: Queen Rearing and Instrumental Insemination

Bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey (kneeling at right) at one of her queen bee-rearing classes at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

We know when spring approaches by the number of information requests we receive for bee...

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Posted on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 9:27 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bee breeder-geneticist (1), instrumental insemination (1), Susan Cobey (82), UC Davis (12), Washington State University (5)

Women Who Keep Bees: Part of 'Women Feeding the World' Display at UC Davis

Bee scientist Susan Cobey holds a frame of bees at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley) Garvey)

One is a renowned bee scientist based in Washington state. One is a noted commercial queen bee...

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Posted on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 10:36 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Jackie Park-Burris (2), Queen Turner (2), Susan Cobey (82), Women Feeding the World (2)

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