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Thank a Farmer, Thank a Beekeeper

Two honey bees want the same pomegranate blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

You may have missed it, but today (Thursday, Oct. 12) is National Farmers' Day. The day originated...

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Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 5:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: beekeepers (1), honey (3), Kim Flottum (3), National Farmers'' Day (1), pollination (1), queen bee breeding (1), UC Davis (4), Western Apicultural Society (29)

Handing Over the Bees!

Beekeeper-scientist Randy Oliver of Grass Valley gestures during his presentation. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Beekeepers circled biologist Randy Oliver, commercial beekeeper, scientist, writer and educator, as...

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Posted on Friday, September 29, 2017 at 5:13 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: 4-H (1), Ettamarie Peterson (1), Randy Oliver (1), Sonoma County Bekeepers'' Association (1), Western Apicultural Society (29)

The Sneaky Cuckoo Bee

A cuckoo bee, Xeromelecta californica, sips nectar from a tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

You could call it a slacker, a deadbeat, a moocher, a sponger, or a loafer. Or you could call it a...

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Posted on Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 2:07 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Anthophora urbana (1), Asclepias curassavica (1), cuckoo bee (1), digger bee (1), Robbin Thorp (3), tropical milkweed (2), Western Apicultural Society (29), Xeromelecta californica (1)

For the Love of Bees

First graders, school officials and parents from Peregrine School cluster around a bee sculpture at UC Davis Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee for a

Sarah the Bee Girl stands in front of a cluster of first graders sitting by a six-foot worker bee...

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Posted on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 5:44 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bees (2), Bernardo Niño (2), Charlie Nye (1), honey (3), Robbin Thorp (3), Sarah the Bee Girl (1), Western Apicultural Society (29), Zoe Anderson (1)

A Gathering of Beekeepers and a Gathering of Kids and Bees

This is a scene from one of the Bee Girl programs in southern Oregon. (Photo courtesy of Sarah Red-Laird)

Bee ready! This is the week of the 40th annual Western Apicultural Society's conference, set Sept....

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Posted on Monday, September 4, 2017 at 3:58 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: American Federation of Beekeeping (1), Bee Girl (1), Bees and Kids (1), Eric Mussen (21), Sarah Red-Laird (1), Western Apicultural Society (29)

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