Redmaids aren't red.They're purple-petaled with white centers and yellow stamens.The California...
Field of Redmaids
FIELD OF REDMAIDS, California native wildflowers, near the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. Mixed in are fiddleneck (yellow), also frequented by bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Covered with Pollen
COVERED WITH POLLEN, an Italian honey bee forages among the redmaids near the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
In Flight
A NEW WORLD CARNIOLAN BEE, from a hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis, leaves one blossom and heads for another. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Posted on
Monday, April 12, 2010 at
8:46 PM
Sweet!
That one word aptly describes the generous donation by Gimbal's Fine Candies, San...
Check for $10,000
HELPING TO SAVE the honey bees is Gimbal's Fine Candies, which is donating 5 percent of the proceeds from its Honey Lovers' fruit chews to UC Davis research. Accepting the first check, issued March 8, is Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (left) from Lance Gimbal, CEO of Gimbal's. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey Lovers
HONEY LOVERS' line of candy, made by Gimbal's, contains pure honey. The San Francisco-based company is donating 5 percent of the proceeds from the sale of Honey Lovers to UC Davis honey bee research. (Courtesy Photo)
Cherry Blossom Time
A YOUNG BEE (the hair on her thorax indicates she's a very young bee) forages for nectar in the cherry blossoms. This is an Italian or blond bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Monday, April 5, 2010 at
6:37 PM
It probably wasn't colony collapse disorder.Probably not pesticides, a disease, malnutrition or...
Still Bee
HONEY BEE lies still on a white calla lily in the Carolee Shields White Flower Garden at the UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Death by a Spider?
A SPIDER lurking inside the calla lily could have killed this honey bee, speculated Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Posted on
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at
8:31 PM
Take a close look.
What's wrong with the first photo posted below this blog?
If you're a...
Bliss?
WHAT'S WRONG with this photo? For the answer, read the text above. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Worker Bee
WORKER BEE collecting nectar from a nectarine blossom. All worker bees are females. They forage for pollen, nectar, propolis and water. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Posted on
Friday, March 12, 2010 at
5:36 PM
First question:
Concerned about the declining bee population and deteriorating bee...
Honey Bee
HONEY BEE, packing red pollen from nearby rock purslane blossoms, nectars lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at
7:23 PM