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A Honey of a Festival, and an Inaugural Festival at That!

Apis Inlusio, a sculpture art car designed to look like a bee, drew thousands of onlookers. Part of the 2013 Burning Man Festival, it is based in San Francisco.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It was indeed a honey of a festival. When the inaugural California Honey Festival buzzed into...

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Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 6:07 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Amina Harris (5), California Honey Festival (2), Eric Mussen (224), honey (10), UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center (2)

Helicoptering in on the Spanish Lavender

A honey bee nectaring on Spanish lavender. This was taken with a Nikon D500 and a 200mm macro lens. Settings: ISO 3200, f-stop 13, and shutter speed of 1/640 of a second. No flash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

If you like writing with light (photography), then you'll probably love capturing images of honey...

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Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 4:49 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Amina Harris (5), California Honey Festival (2), Eric Mussen (224), honey bee (19), Lavandula stoechas (1), Spanish lavender (1), Steve Sheppard (1), UC Davis Bee Symposium (1), Western Apicultural Society (10)

Educating the Public About the Bees: Beekeepers Meet the Public at Cal Ag Day

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)

"How are the bees doing this year?" That was the most commonly asked question at the California...

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Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 2:55 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bernardo Niño (1), Bill Cervenka (3), California State Beekeepers'' Association (4), Carlen Jupe (2), Eric Mussen (224), Gini Godlin (1), Steve Godlin (2)

Five Reasons Why All This Rain Is Bad for Almond Pollination Season

During a sun break on Feb. 12, 2017, a pollen-laden honey bee heads for more almond blossoms in Benicia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It's not a good time to be a California almond grower or a beekeeper. And it's definitely not a...

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Posted on Monday, February 20, 2017 at 4:55 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: almond pollination season (5), beekeepers (3), blue orchard bees (2), Eric Mussen (224), honey bees (65), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (9)

A Bugworthy Kind of Christmas

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It's a bugworthy kind of Christmas. Remember the iconic song, "The 12 Days of Christmas," ...

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Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 4:36 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: 12 Days of Christmas (1), Eric Mussen (224), holiday party (1), Kathy Keatley Garvey (2), The 13 Bugs of Christmas (2), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (9)

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