Posts Tagged: California Agriculture

The Buzz on California Agriculture Day

The bees weren't all that buzzed at the 2014 California Agriculture Day, celebrated today (March 19) on the west lawn of the California State Capitol. The California State Beekeepers' Association (CSBA) and the Sacramento Area Beekeepers' Association...

Barbara Allen-Diaz, vice president of UC ANR, "talks bees" with Bill Lewis, president of the California State Beekeepers' Association. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Barbara Allen-Diaz, vice president of UC ANR, "talks bees" with Bill Lewis, president of the California State Beekeepers' Association. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Say "Honey!" From left are Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of UC Davis; Barbara Allen-Diaz, vice president of UC ANR; Bill Lewis, president of the California State Beekeepers' Association; and Marti Ikehara of the Sacramento Area Beekeepers' Association. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Say "Honey!" From left are Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of UC Davis; Barbara Allen-Diaz, vice president of UC ANR; Bill Lewis, president of the California State Beekeepers' Association; and Marti Ikehara of the Sacramento Area Beekeepers' Association. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

California grown! From left are CSBA treasurer Carlen Jupe, Sacramento, CSBA member Bill Cervenka of Bill Cervenka Apiaries, Half Moon Bay; CSBA president Bill Lewis of Lake View Terrace; California Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross; Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of UC Davis; and SABA member Marti Ikehara of Sacramento. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

California grown! From left are CSBA treasurer Carlen Jupe, Sacramento, CSBA member Bill Cervenka of Bill Cervenka Apiaries, Half Moon Bay; CSBA president Bill Lewis of Lake View Terrace; California Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross; Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of UC Davis; and SABA member Marti Ikehara of Sacramento. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

One Last Look at the Almonds 'n the Bees

While other parts of the country are buried in snow, California's Central Valley is just finishing up its almond pollination season. In actuality, those fragile white petals fluttering to the ground in the Central Valley are a different kind of snow,...

Honey bee foraging on an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee foraging on an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pollen-packing honey bee dives in head first. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pollen-packing honey bee dives in head first. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Land around an almond tree on Bee Biology Road is being prepared for UC Davis pollination ecology plots. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Land around an almond tree on Bee Biology Road is being prepared for UC Davis pollination ecology plots. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Fly Away Home

"I'm a ladybug. Please, take me home. I want to live in your garden.I like to eat aphids. Aphids are tiny green insects that are harmful to plants.""Just like the Grange, I'm a friend to the farmer and you."Those visiting the California State Grange...

Just Released

A JUST RELEASED ladybug prowls a rose bush for aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Crawling

LADYBUG crawls upside down on a rose leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Buzz on the State Capitol Lawn

When the annual California Agriculture Day took place yesterday on the state capitol grounds, thousands of visitors buzzed the booths learning more about the food they eat and the agriculturists that provide it.But that wasn't the only buzz.The...

California Agriculture Day

CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE A. G. Kawamura (center) greets Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor and vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology. At right is Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, also a member of the UC Davis entomology faculty and parliamentarian of the California State Beekeepers' Association. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Fascination

BEEKEEPER Brian Fishback (right) of Wilton, president of the Sacramento Area Beekeepers’ Association, points out the queen, worker bees (sterile females) and the drones (males) to the visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Government Officials

CALIFORNIA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (center) and California Secretary of Agriculture A. G. Kawamura (right) listen to beekeeper Brian Fishback talk about the declining bee population. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee Observation Hive

GLASSED-IN bee observation hive at the California Agriculture Day, held March 23 on the state capitol grounds, was a big attraction. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Salute to California Agriculture

Do you recognize the native bee that graces the cover of the current edition of California Agriculture, a peer-reviewed journal published by the UC Division of...

California Agriculture

A CARPENTER BEE graces the cover of the current edition of California Agriculture. This spectacular photo is the work of Rollin Coville. See the California Agriculture journal online at http://californiaagriculture.ucanr.org/.

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