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A Reason Why Bumble Bee Population Is Declining

A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, nectaring on Salvia 'Indigo Spires' in Kate Frey's pollinator garden at the Sonoma Cornerstone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The news is disturbing but not unexpected. Scientists are linking global climate change to one...

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Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 3:05 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bombus vosnesenskii (13), bumble bee (11), declining bumble bee population (1), Florida State University (1), Indigo Spires (1), Kate Frey (6), Robbin Thorp (210), salvia (2), Sonoma Cornerstone (1)

Bee-ing All You Can Be and See and Do

A native bee, Anthophora urbana, buzzes over a tropical milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

What a weekend for bee and gardening enthusiasts! It's a shame we all can't clone ourselves and be...

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Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 4:48 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Enotmology (1), California Center for Urban Horticulture (3), Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven (3), Kate Frey (6), Robbin Thorp (210), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (11), UC Hopland Research and Extension Center (2)

The Sneaky Cuckoo Bee

A cuckoo bee, Xeromelecta californica, sips nectar from a tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

You could call it a slacker, a deadbeat, a moocher, a sponger, or a loafer. Or you could call it a...

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Posted on Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 2:07 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Anthophora urbana (4), Asclepias curassavica (1), cuckoo bee (4), digger bee (3), Robbin Thorp (210), tropical milkweed (1), Western Apicultural Society (3), Xeromelecta californica (1)

For the Love of Bees

First graders, school officials and parents from Peregrine School cluster around a bee sculpture at UC Davis Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee for a

Sarah the Bee Girl stands in front of a cluster of first graders sitting by a six-foot worker bee...

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Posted on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 5:44 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bees (3), Bernardo Niño (1), Charlie Nye (1), honey (1), Robbin Thorp (210), Sarah the Bee Girl (1), Western Apicultural Society (3), Zoe Anderson (1)

What's That Bee? How to Identify and Attract Native Bees to Your Garden

A female ultra green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, on Coreopsis tinctora 'Mahogany.' (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Have you ever seen a bee buzzing around your garden and wondered: "What's that bee?" Or have you...

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Posted on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 3:51 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Barbara Ertter (5), Gordon Frankie (17), Kate Frey (6), Robbin Thorp (210), Rollin Coville (8), UC Hopland Research and Extension Center (2)

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