Posts Tagged: Bernardo Niño
UC Davis Bee Classes Are 'The Bees' Knees'
If you want to bee-come a beekeeper, bee scientists at the University of California at Davis will...
A student in the UC Davis class, "Planning Ahead for Your First Hive," holds a frame. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a frame. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño opens a hive as the students gather around. (Photo by Kathy Katley Garvey)
Participants in the UC Davis class, "Planning for Your First Hive," learn about the top bar hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis research assistant Bernardo Niño examines a frame. He is the educational supervisor for the California Master Beekeeper Program, which conducts bee classes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A hive in the foreground is teeming with bees. In the background, students in a UC Davis class learn about bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Class: On Becoming a Beekeeper
They came to learn about honey bees, how to become a beekeeper, and how to plan for their first...
Participants in the "Planning Ahead for Your First Hives" don protective veils. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño tells the class how to fire up a smoker. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño opens a Langstroth hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Students examine a frame from a top bar hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
For some participants in the "Planning for Your First Hive" course, it was the first time holding a frame. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Participants in the "Planning for Your First Hive" class examine a top bar hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bernardo Niño, educational supervisor of the California Master Beekeeper Program and a research assistant in the E. L. Niño lab, talks about varroa mite monitoring before demonstrating how to monitor for varroa mites. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hear That Buzz? Beginning Beekeeping Courses at UC Davis!
Hear that buzz? If you're thinking about becoming a beekeeper but don't know how and where to...
A honey bee frame. Find the queen bee! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Offering Beekeeping Classes in August
Do you want to become a beekeeper or do you want to learn more about beekeeping? The California...
Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and director of the California Master Beekeeper Program, leads a class. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What Happens When Quizzical Kids Meet a Smiling Queen Bee
When you're a little kid and there's a huge bee towering over you, what do you do? You do what...
Wendy Mather, program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program, stands in front of the booth at the California Honey Fstival while a youngster gives her a quizzical look. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This little boy eagerly thrusts out his hand as he meets Ms. Queen Bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
See my little buddy, Porky? This a meeting between a boy, his pig, and a towering bee. (Photo Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Can you remove your head? This little boy was delighted when Ms. Queen Bee did. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)