Posts Tagged: Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility
Dr. Eric Carnes Mussen: May 12, 1944 -- June 3, 2022
Celebrated honey bee authority Dr. Eric Carnes Mussen, an internationally known 38-year California...
Eric Mussen, Extension apiculturist, at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. This image is from 2010. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eric Mussen and his wife, Helen, by Miss Bee Haven, a bee sculpture by Donna Billick in the UC Davis Bee Garden on Bee Biology Road. This image was taken in 2017. Eric served as the president of the Western Apicultural Society, and Helen, the vice president, in 2017. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Legislative aide Tony Madrigal (Assemblyman Louis Alejo’s office) asks Extension apiculturist emeritus Eric Mussen questions about colony health at the 2015 Agriculture Day at the state capitol. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eric Mussen surveys the site of the soon-to-be Haagen Dazs-Honey Bee Haven, planted in the fall of 2019 on Bee Biology Road. It is now the UC Davis Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Good Morning America" interviewed Eric Mussen about bee health in 2018. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility discussing honey bee health. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Visitors watch as Eric Mussen opens a hive at the apiary of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eric Mussen in front of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility sign in 2014. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This was the scene when a bee swarm hitched a ride on a commuter van from El Cerrito to UC Davis in 2008. This is the hand of Eric Mussen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
In Defense of Our Lives, In Defense of Our Hives
It's Veterans' Day, the day we officially salute, honor and commemorate our military...
A sign in front of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis includes a skep with a hole tunneling to a hive in the back. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A guard bee defending her hive from possible intruders. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension Apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño Achieves Promotion
UC Cooperative Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño, a honey bee scientist and educator...
UC Cooperative Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño showing a frame at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility to students. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
WSU Video with UC Davis Connections: Selecting Methods for Honey Bee Breeding
If you're a beekeeper or scientist and want to know more about bee breeding, you should access the...
Bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey of WSU, former of UC Davis, with a frame at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Harry H. Laidlaw Jr., (left) father of honey bee genetics, with graduate student and later colleague Robert E. Page Jr.
A Grand Opening--And Bees Were Nowhere in Sight
It was a grand opening of the USDA-ARS bee research facility at the University of California,...
Ready to cut the ribbon (from left) are almond pollination consultant Robert Curtis of Carmichael, retired director of agricultural affairs, Almond Board of California; Brad Pankratz of Can-Am Apiaries, Orland; Jackie Parks-Burris of Jackie Park-Burris Queen Bees, Palo Cedro and a past president of California State Beekeepers' Association; Darren Cox, Logan, Utah, past president of American Honey Producers; and Kelvin Adee of Bruce, S.D., president of American Honey Producers.
And it's snipped! From left are almond pollination consultant Robert Curtis of Carmichael, retired director of agricultural affairs, Almond Board of California; Brad Pankratz of Can-Am Apiaries, Orland; Jackie Parks-Burris of Jackie Park-Burris Queen Bees, Palo Cedro and a past president of California State Beekeepers' Association; Darren Cox, Logan, Utah, past president of American Honey Producers; and Kelvin Adee of Bruce, S.D., president of American Honey Producers.
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.
The American Honey Producers Association with the ribbon. Wielding the scissors is Kelvin Adee of Bruce, S.D., president of American Honey Producers. The group later held a conference in Sacramento.
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.
Much collaboration, cooperation, and camaraderie is expected here at the newly opened USDA-ARS bee research facility on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis.