Honey bee guru Eric Mussen never misses an opportunity to talk about the importance of honey bee...
Honey bee foraging on a tidy tips wildflower, Layia platyglossa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee foraging on a tidy tips wildflower, Layia platyglossa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee on a pomegranate blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee on a pomegranate blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee pollinating nectarine blossoms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee pollinating nectarine blossoms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee packing pollen while foraging on an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee packing pollen while foraging on an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at
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Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the Department of Entomology, University of California,...
Research
ERIC MUSSEN, shown here at the UC Davis apiary, is a noted expert on honeybees and their health. He writes the bimonthly newsletter, "from the UC Apiaries." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Abandoned HIve
EXTENSION APICULTURIST Eric Mussen shows a frame from a bee-abandoned hive in Yolo County. The symptoms appear to reflect colony collapse disorder (CCD), the mysterious disease characterized by adult bees abandoning the hive, leaving behind the queen bee and stored food. (Photo by Kathy Keately Garvey)
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at
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A honey bee newsletter, "From the UC Apiaries" newsletter, written by Cooperative...
Honey Bees
HONEY BEES--Checking the health of the honey bees at a hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis is Elizabeth Frost (right), junior specialist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Queen Bee
CLOSE-UP of a queen bee shows the dot on her thorax which makes it easier for beekeepers to distinguish the queen from the worker bees and drones. Sometimes worker bees, in grooming the queen, remove the marker. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Friday, May 8, 2009 at
4:21 AM