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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 (12), Norm Gary (2), WAS conference (1), Western Apicultural Society (14)

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 (12), honey bees (4), in the pink (1), pink (1), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (1), Western Apicultural Society (14)

A Dazzling Display of Red Pollen

A honey bee packing red pollen stops to sip from nectar from Spanish lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Some folks worry about "getting the red out." How about "getting the red in?" Have you ever seen...

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Posted on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 9:17 AM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: California Honey Festival (2), honey bees (4), red pollen (1), UC Davis Bee Symposium (2), Western Apicultural Society (14)

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 (1), California Honey Festival (2), Eric Mussen (12), honey bee (2), Lavandula stoechas (1), Spanish lavender (1), Steve Sheppard (1), UC Davis Bee Symposium (2), Western Apicultural Society (14)

It's All the Buzz: WAS to Meet in Davis in 2017

This sign, fronting the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis, is the work of self-described

It's all the buzz. It's just been announced that the Western Apicultural Society (WAS), founded 40...

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Posted on Monday, September 26, 2016 at 4:01 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Becky Westerdahl (2), Eric Mussen (12), Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven (1), Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility (1), Norm Gary (2), Western Apicultural Society (14)

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