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UC Davis Is Place to 'Bee' Sept. 5-8 for the Western Apicultural Society Conference

The Bee Team: Eric Mussen, WAS president, and his wife, Helen, his assistant in planning the WAS program. They are pictured by Miss Bee Haven, a sculpture by Donna Billick that anchors the Häagen Dazs Bee Haven. A tour of the garden is planned during the Sept. 5-8 conference. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis is the place to "bee" on Sept. 5-8 for the Western Apicultural Society's 40th annual...

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Posted on Monday, July 24, 2017 at 4:30 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bee conference (1), Eric Mussen (229), honey bees (67), Norm Gary (6), UC Davis (9), Western Apicultural Society (13)

Wish You WAS Here! Top 10 Reasons Why You Should 'Bee' Here at UC Davis Sept. 5-8

Honey bee guru Eric Mussen giving a tour of the apiary at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Have you ever received an email, text or postcard from vacationing family or friends with the lead...

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Posted on Monday, July 10, 2017 at 4:54 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Becky Westerdahl (2), conference (1), Eric Mussen (229), Norm Gary (6), WAS conference (1), Western Apicultural Society (13)

Why We Want Our Bees to Be 'In the Pink!

Two honey bees nearly collide over this pink zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bees are known to prefer yellow and blue flowers, but pink suits them just fine, too. Here's...

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Posted on Monday, June 26, 2017 at 5:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Eric Mussen (229), honey bees (67), in the pink (1), pink (1), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (11), Western Apicultural Society (13)

Why We Need to Push for Pollinator Protection

Entomologist May Berenbaum photographs a bee on a pomegranate tree at the UC Davis bee garden, the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, during her May 2014 visit to the campus. With her is Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, now retired. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The 10th annual National Pollinator Week ends Sunday, June 25, and what an opportunity it's been...

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Posted on Friday, June 23, 2017 at 4:15 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Brian Johnston (1), Eric Mussen (229), Franklin''s bumble bee (1), May Berenbaum (4), National Pollinator Week (2), Robbin Thorp (16), rusty-patched bumble bee (1), UC Davis (9)

How Does Climate Change Affect Honey Bees?

A honey bee is coated with pollen as she forages in a blanketflower (Gallardia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

From horrible to bad. That's the consensus of the declining honey bee population in the United...

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Posted on Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 1:16 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Dennis Dennis vanEngelsdorp (1), Elina Lastro Niño (1), Eric Mussen (229), honey bee losses (2), May Berenbaum (4), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (11)

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