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A Rousing, Standing Ovation for Eric Mussen

As Extension apiculturist, Eric Mussen shared his knowledge of bees. Here he opens a hive for a group to show them the queen, worker bees and drones. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It was so well-deserved. Internationally known honey bee guru Eric Mussen, Extension apiculturist...

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Posted on Thursday, January 18, 2018 at 6:27 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: American Beekeeping Federation (2), Eric Mussen (244), Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees (1), Gene Brandi (2), Joan Gunter (1), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (16)

Focus Area Tags: 4-H Agriculture Economic Development Environment Health Innovation Natural Resources Yard & Garden

Take It From a Bee Guy: Honey Is Not 'Bee Vomit'

Foraging honey bees return to the hive to share nectar, which the house bees will turn into honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Take it from the bee scientists. Honey is NOT vomit. That incongruous belief that “Honey is...

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Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 8:00 AM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bee barf (2), bee vomit (2), Eric Mussen (244), Extension apiculturist (6), honey (11), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (16)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture Environment Food Yard & Garden

'The 13 Bugs of Christmas'--Revisited

Five gold rings? How about five golden bees?

Back in 2010, two innovators with the UC Davis Department of Entomology (now the UC Davis...

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Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 at 8:00 AM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: 12 Days of Christmas (2), 13 Bugs of Christmas (5), Eric Mussen (244), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. U.S. News (1)

A Gathering of Beekeepers

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)

If anyone at Lake Tahoe has bee issues that need answering next week, they need look no farther...

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Posted on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 5:20 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bernardo Niño (2), California State Beekeepers'' Association (5), Elina Lastro Niño (2), Eric Mussen (244), Eric Mussen (244), Susan Cobey (28)

'Bee Man' Norm Gary: Still Smokin'

Emeritus professor of apiculture Norm Gary (left) and Eric Mussen, Extension apiculturist emeritus, pose with Gary's 70-year-old smoker. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It's not every beekeeper who can say they've owned--and used--a smoker for 70 years. "Bee Man"...

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Posted on Monday, September 25, 2017 at 5:24 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Entomological Society of America (1), Eric Mussen (244), honey bees (73), Norman Gary (5), smoker (1), UC Davis (11), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (16), Western Apicultural Society Conference (2)

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