Posts Tagged: USDA-ARS bee research
Historic Occasion: USDA-ARS Bee Lab Opens on UC Davis Campus
On a day too cold for honey bees to fly and nearly too cold for bundled dignitaries to speak,...
From left are almond pollination consultant Robert Curtis of Carmichael, retired director of agricultural affairs, Almond Board of California; queen bee breeder Brad Pankratz of Can-Am Apiaries, Orland; queen bee breeder Jackie Parks-Burris of Jackie Park-Burris Queen Bees, Palo Cedro and a past president of California State Beekeepers' Association; Darren Cox of Logan, Utah, past president of American Honey Producers; and Kelvin Adee of Bruce, S.D., president of American Honey Producers.
UC Davis-affiliated personnel pose with USDA personnel for a ribbon-cutting photo. From left are Charley Nye, UC Davis; Paul Pratt of USDA; Kevin Hackett of USDA; Anita Oberbauer of UC Davis; Eric Mussen of UC Davis; Robert Matteri of USDA; Neal Williams, Brian Johnson, Elina Niño and Bernardo Niño, all of UC Davis; and Julia Fine and Arathi Seshadri, USDA. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
California State Beekeepers' Association members pose for a photo. From left are Steve Godlin, Jackie Park-Burris, Valeri Severson, Brad Pankratz, Buzz Landon, Brooke Palmer, and Trevor Tauzer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
USDA-ARS research entomologists Julia Fine (left) and Arathi Seshadri listen to the speakers at the opening of the USDA-ARS lab. In back is Steve Godlin of the California State Beekeepers' Association. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Robert Matteri, director of the Pacific West Area, USDA-ARS, addresses the crowd. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kevin Hackett, national program leader, USDA-ARS, tells the crowd that "we are situated in Pollination Central." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Emcee Paul Pratt, research leader of the Invasive Species and Pollinator Health Research Lab. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Anita Oberbauer, associate dean, UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, tells the crowd that Davis is "the bee capital of the world." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and founder and director of the California Master Beekeeper Program chronicled the history of the Davis bee biology program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Crowd at the opening of the USDA-ARS lab faciity. In the blue jacket is Professor Neal Williams. Behind him (dark cap) is Steve Nadler, professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and next to him (on far right) is associate professor Brian Johnson. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Research entomologist Arathi Seshadri greets the crowd. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
USDA-ARS lab on Bee Biology Road, Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Research entomologist Arathi Seshadri shows visitors the lab. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Research entomologist Julia Fine chats with Kevin Adee (left) of Bruce, S.D., president of the American Honey Producers' Association and Charley Nye, manager of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño (center) chats with California State Beekeepers' Association (CSBA) affiliates. From left are Brooke Palmer and Steve Godlin of CSBA, Niño and Brad Pankratz of CSBA. In back is Brian Johnson of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Paul Pratt of the USDA greets bee breeder Valeri Severson. In the center is bee breeder Jackie Park-Burris. At left is USDA-ARS researcher Arathi Seshadri. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension apiculturist (emeritus) Eric Mussen chats with USDA-ARS researchers Julia Fine (left) and Arathi Seshadri. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kevin Hackett, national program leader, USDA-ARS, discusses bee research with research entomologist Arathi Seshadri. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee breeders Valeri Severson of Strachan Apiaries, Yuba City, and Brad Pankratz of Can-Am Apiaries, Orland, share a photo. In back is Extension apiculturist Elina Niño. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
At the end of the ceremony, research entomologists Julia Fine (left) and Arathi Seshadri walk to the stakeholders' meeting at the Laidlaw facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)