Posts Tagged: apiculture
Bee Inspired: It's World Bee Day!
Did you observe World Bee Day today? Every year on May 20, the United Nations asks us to...
A honey bee dusted with pollen from Gaillardia, also known as "the blanket flower." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Is that you in there? A honey bee looks up at the photographer as she forages on Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey Bee Geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. Named UC Davis Distinguished Emeritus
DAVIS--Internationally acclaimed honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr., a UC Davis alumnus whose...
Honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. checks out a bee swarm at Arizona State University.
Rob Page maintained a honey bee-breeding program for 24 years, from 1989 to 2015, managed by bee breeder-geneticist Kim Fondrk at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. Here Fondrk tends to the bees in a Dixon almond orchard in 2008. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
'Beekeeping and Management' Part of UC Davis Veterinary Medicine's Winter Conference
Mark your calendar! "Beekeeping and Management" will be part of the two-day UC Davis School of...
A honey bee colony at work. Extension apiculturist Elina Niño will discuss three topics dealing with "Beekeeping and Management" at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine's 2019 winter conference. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño opening a hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
MaryAnn Wohlers Montague: 1941-2018
Scientist MaryAnn Wohlers Montague, a longtime UC Davis Department of Entomology staff research...
It's National Honey Bee Day! (August 19th)
National Honey Bee Day is celebrated on the third Saturday of every August. This year it falls on...