Posts Tagged: California State Beekeepers Association
A Gathering of Beekeepers
If anyone at Lake Tahoe has bee issues that need answering next week, they need look no farther...
Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño conducts a beekeeping class at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Educating the Public About the Bees: Beekeepers Meet the Public at Cal Ag Day
"How are the bees doing this year?" That was the most commonly asked question at the California...
Staffing the CSBA booth and answering questions about bees are (from left) Bernardo Niño of the E. L. Niño Lab, Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology; Eric Mussen, California Extension apiculturist emeritus, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology; and Carlen Jupe, CSBA treasurer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Among those staffing the CSBA booth were (from left) Karli Quinn, CSBA associate director; Eric Mussen, Extension apiculturist emeritus, UC Davis; Gini and Steve Godlin of Visalia (he is the president of CSBA); Bernardo Niño of the E. L. Niño Lab, UC Davis; and Carlen Jupe, CSBA treasurer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bees proved a big attraction at the California State Beekeepers' Association booth at Cal Ag Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A visitor photographs the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. observation hive at California Agriculture Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey, I've Found You! Open House on Sunday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, Dec. 10
If you like honey and want to learn more about it, the place to “bee” on Sunday, Nov....
Before it's jarred, honey looks like this! The honey is at the top of this frame. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Some facts about bees, from the California State Beekeepers' Association. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Let's Hear It for the Bees and Beekeepers
Let's hear it for the honey bees. Right now they're scrambling to gather nectar and pollen from...
Two matched pairs of honey bees on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bees Buzzed at Cal Ag Day--So Did the People
Bees buzzed at Cal Ag Day. So did the people. When legislators, agriculturists, and city folk...
California State Beekeepers' Association secretary-treasurer Carlin Jupe (left) and member Bill Cervenka get ready to greet the crowds at Cal Ag Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
James Fuller of Dixon, president of Bids for Kids for the Dixon May Fair and Solano County Fair and a sergeant in the detective division of the Elk Grove Police Department, checks out the bee observation hive with Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Beekeepers Paul Hansbury and his wife, Susan (kneeling) of Laytonville, Mendocino County, Calif. look at the bees with Extension apiculturist Elina Niño. The Hansburys, wearing "I Am a Farmer" shirts, grow fruits-- including apples, pears, plums, cherries and strawberries--and also medical cannabis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Four-year-old Michael Ramos-Rivera of Elk Grove gets his first close-up look at bees. With him are Extension apiculturist Elina Niño (far left) and his mother, Sharill Rivera. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Point players in the bee industry gather for a photo. From left are Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, CSBA lobbyist Holly Fraumeni, Carlin Jupe of the CSBA; Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross, Bill Cervenka of the CSBA and Extension apiculturist Elina Niño. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Have something sweet from the California State Beekeepers' Association," said beekeeper Bill Cervenka at the California Ag Day celebration March 16 on the state capitol grounds. Here he hands honey sticks to Woodland FFA members Travis Tabarez (far left) and Alex Butterfield. Tabarez will be joining the Marines in June, and Butterfield, the Navy in September. Cervenka congratulated them on serving their country and said "be safe." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)