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A Honey of a Festival, and an Inaugural Festival at That!

Apis Inlusio, a sculpture art car designed to look like a bee, drew thousands of onlookers. Part of the 2013 Burning Man Festival, it is based in San Francisco.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It was indeed a honey of a festival. When the inaugural California Honey Festival buzzed into...

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Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 6:07 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Amina Harris (40), California Honey Festival (5), Eric Mussen (5), honey (6), UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center (13)

So, Sweet! The Inaugural California Honey Festival in Historic Downtown Woodland

A taste of honey. From the comb to the bottle, that's the route of honey to the California Honey Festival on Saturday, May 6. (Photo by Kath

It promises to be...oh, so sweet! The inaugural California Honey Festival, to take place from 10...

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Posted on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 5:30 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Amina Harris (40), Billy Synk (2), California Honey Festival (5), Elina Niño (3), Gene Brandi (1), honey (6), mead (8), music (1), Woodland (1)

UC Davis Researcher to Discuss Fascinating World of Orchid Bees

Santiago Ramirez captured this image of an orchid bee on an orchid. The tropical bees are distributed throughout Central and South America.

In the human world, women may splash themselves with perfume to attract men, but did you know that...

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Posted on Friday, April 28, 2017 at 2:39 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Amina Harris (40), Neal Williams (4), orchid bees (1), perfume (1), Santiago Ramirez (1), scent (1), Steve Sheppard (3), UC Davis Bee Symposium (9)

Helicoptering in on the Spanish Lavender

A honey bee nectaring on Spanish lavender. This was taken with a Nikon D500 and a 200mm macro lens. Settings: ISO 3200, f-stop 13, and shutter speed of 1/640 of a second. No flash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

If you like writing with light (photography), then you'll probably love capturing images of honey...

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Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 4:49 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Amina Harris (40), California Honey Festival (5), Eric Mussen (5), honey bee (3), Lavandula stoechas (1), Spanish lavender (1), Steve Sheppard (3), UC Davis Bee Symposium (9), Western Apicultural Society (1)

If You're a Grad Student Doing Pollination Research at a California University...

A honey bee pollinating a pomegranate blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

If you're a graduate student engaged in pollinator-related research at a California university, it...

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Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 7:07 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Amina Harris (40), Graduate Student Competition (1), Honey and Pollination Center (15), UC Davis Bee Symposium (9), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (3)

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