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Weed B Gone and Tree B Gone?
With all the rain last year, even extending into August and now with the rains since December there...
Bee-Hold: the Feral Bee Colony on UC Davis Campus
Back in July 2023, we wrote a Bug Squad blog about a feral bee colony inside a cavity of a sycamore...
Close-up of a feral bee colony living a sycamore tree on the UC Davis campus. Image taken Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A wide-angle view of the feral bee colony that is living in a sycamore tree cavity on the UC Davis campus. Image taken Sept. 3, 2023. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This was the hot-weather scene in July 2023 when bees bearded outside their home in a sycamore tree on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee Bearding in California's Excessive Heat
Have you read the excessive heat warnings and the guidelines to prevent heat illnesses as...
As temperatures soar, feral honey bees engage in bearding to reduce the heat load inside. These bees are in a sycamore tree on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bees buzz in and out of their colony inside a sycamore tree on the UC Davis campus. Bee bearding helps reduce the heat load inside. Honey bee colonies require a temperature of 94 degrees for the developing brood. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Squirrel Vs. Bees: Sorry, No Vacancy!
Call it “The Battle Over a Tree Hollow." Feral bees have occupied—and...
Look closely and you can see a squirrel occupying a small hollow or cavity in a sycamore tree. The cavity has been home to feral bees for at least two decades. (Image taken in Vacaville by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's all that noise about? Can't a squirrel get some sleep? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The squirrel pokes his head out of his home, his sleepy hollow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Occupied! No vacancy! The squirrel is aware that bees are circling, trying to move into "his" hollow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
With the squirrel gone, honey bees quickly move into the hollow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Feral Bee Colony in Kenya: Nothing Short of Incredible
"EVERYTHING that colonies do when they are living on their own (not being managed by beekeepers) is...
A feral or wild bee colony in a fig tree in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, southern Kenya. (Photo by James Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a feral or wild bee colony in a fig tree in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, southern Kenya. (Photo by James Keatley Garvey)
This image is of a painting of a log hive that Cornell professor Roger Morse purchased in a market in Kenya in the 1970s. (Photo courtesy of Thomas Seeley)
