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
The Western Apicultural Society (WAS) conference, taking place this week in the Dry Creek Inn,...
Honey Bee
HONEY BEES are nectaring outside the Western Apicultural Society conference in Healdsburg. The key subject at the conference: bee health. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at
10:07 PM
Entomologists, geneticists and virologists are still searching for the cause of colony collapse...
Plight of the Honey Bee
EXTENSION APICULTURIST Eric Mussen (left) of the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty shares information with Pennsylvania State Uniersity entomologist Dennis van Engelsdorp at the 2007 meeting of the Entomological Society of America. UC Davis and Penn State receive research funds in a project launched by Haagen-Dazs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Jeff Pettis
ENTOMOLOGIST Jeff Pettis talks about the plight of the honey bees at the Entomological Society of America's annual meeting in 2007. Pettis is with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Md. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at
6:38 PM