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April 23, 2010
Fair Help Needed, Camp Tehama Application, Record Book Help...
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Art Friendly, Bee Friendly, People Friendly

April 22, 2010
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The half-acre garden, the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven planted last fall at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis, is not only bee friendly but it will be art friendly.
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Pollen Power

April 21, 2010
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Talk about pollen power. When honey bees forage among the birds eyes, they're a delight to see. They dive into the yellow-throated lavender flowers and emerge covered with a blue-gray pollen.
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GIGANTIC ARTICHOKE PLANTS fill one of the planters at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bee Connected: Save the Date

April 20, 2010
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Bee connected; save the date. The grand opening of the half-acre Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 11. The honey bees already know it's there.
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QUEEN BUMBLE BEE, a yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) heads down the tower of jewels. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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What a Show!

April 19, 2010
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Everybody loves a bumble bee. Especially the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii. And especially a queen.
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A YOUNG ITALIAN honey bee nectaring lavender on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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If You Cotton to Honey...

April 16, 2010
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you cotton to honey, you'll want to head over to Briggs Hall tomorrow (Saturday, April 17) during the 96th annual UC Davis Picnic Day. You can sample cotton honey, as well as five other flavors, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Stings Happen

April 15, 2010
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When some folks think of a honey bee, they immediately think of stings. Not pollination, not honey, not colony collapse disorder, but stings. To beekeepers, stings are a minor irritation, or perhaps not an irritation at all. It's just something that happens in an occupation.
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Distinguished Service, Distinguished Awards

April 14, 2010
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Excellent work! We're glad to see that three noted entomologists at the University of California, Davis, received distinguished awards in their fields at the 94th annual meeting of the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA) on April 13 in Boise, Idaho.
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CHEMICAL ECOLOGIST Walter Leal (right) is the 2010 recipient of the prestigious C. W. Woodworth Award, presented by Woodworth's great-grandson Brian Holden (left) at the 94th annual meeting of the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America. (Courtesy Photo)
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High Honor

April 13, 2010
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Charles W.Woodworth would have been proud. When the C. W.
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