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Do Honey Bees Have Taste Buds?

You've seen honey bees nectaring on flowers. You've watched their proboscis (tongue) probing for...

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Posted on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 5:59 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: blanket flower (2), Eric Mussen (64), Gailllardia (1), honey bees (269), taste buds (1)

Everybody Eats in the Pollinator Garden

Everybody eats in the pollinator garden. That includes crab spiders that sprawl atop a flower,...

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Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 5:36 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: crab spiders (1), floral visitors (1), freeloaders (1), honey bees (269)

So, You Want to Become a Beekeeper...

So you want to become a beekeeper... You want to do your part to help the declining bee...

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Posted on Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 3:53 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: basics of beekeeping (1), bee course (1), Benardo Niño (1), Elina Niño (2), Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility (24), honey bees (269), UC Davis (15)

Pitch It, Plant It, Grow It

What a great idea! The Horticulture Innovation Lab Demonstration Center on the UC Davis campus is...

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Posted on Monday, June 27, 2016 at 5:51 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Britta Hansen (2), Britta Hansen (2), honey bees (269), Horticulture Innovation Lab Demonstration Center (1), monarchs (2), raised beds (1), squash bees (2)

A Butterfly Ballet at a Special Place

Ruth Charlotte Risdon Storer (1888-1986) would have been proud. The garden that bears her name in...

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Posted on Friday, June 24, 2016 at 6:18 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: honey bees (269), monarchs (2), Papilio rutulus (1), Ruth Risdon Storer (1), Storer Garden (1), UC Davis Arboretum (3), Western tiger swallowtail (2)

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