UC Davis bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey, manager of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr., Honey Bee...
Susan Cobey
BARE-ARMED, UC Davis bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey examines a frame of her much-praised gentle bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at
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Faster than a speeding bullet...
As soon as UC Davis bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey...
Golden Bullet
GOLDEN BULLET--really a queen yellowjacket--(see far left) heads for a honeycomb held by bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey, manager of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. Beekeepers know that when they open a hive, a predatory yellowjacket with a voracious appetite for honey and bees may be in the vicinity. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Thirsty Yellowjacket
THIRSTY YELLOWJACKET drinks from a water bowl at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research, UC Davis. Yellowjackets use water to create their paper comblike nests, a mixture of saliva and wood pulp. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Friday, June 12, 2009 at
4:54 PM
Sheridan Miller's gift to UC Davis for honey bee research was both generous and...
Sheridan Miller
BEE PROJECT--Bay Area resident Sheridan Miller raised $733 to help bee research at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
comb
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at
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What's happening with the honey bees?
Those following the mysterious phenomonen known as colony...
Pollen-packing bee
Pollen-packing honey bee in winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) in Storer Gardens, University of California, Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eric Mussen
EXTENSION APICULTURIST Eric Mussen answers scores of questions about honey bees every day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 at
6:14 PM
Perfect...
Filming the swarm
VETERAN VENTURA beekeeper Bill Weinerth films the bee swarm Thursday, April 23 at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. He was at the UC Davis facility for an advanced bee insemination course taught by bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Swarming in a Tree
BEES SWARM into a tree at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis, as veteran beekeeper Bill Weinerth of Ventura video-tapes the action. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of bee swarm
CLOSE-UP of bee swarm in a tree at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Smoking the Bees
BEE BREEDER-GENETICIST Susan Cobey calms the swarm by smoking it as beekeeper Bill Weinerth films the activity. Cobey shook the bees loose from the limb and moved them into a new hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, April 23, 2009 at
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