Posts Tagged: mites
Upcoming UC Davis Course: How to Monitor, Mitigate and Manage Varroa Mites
If you're a beekeeper or plan to be a beekeeper, you're aware of Public Enemy No. 1. That would be...
A varroa mite on a drone pupa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A varroa mite-infestation on a drone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A varroa mite on a worker bee that is nectaring lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A vial containing varroa mites. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Top 20 Pest Notes of 2017
Pests have popularity contests too. We recently looked at how many visits our popular Pest Notes...
If Varroa Mites Are Bugging You...Coming Soon: UC Davis Course and WAS Presentation
If you're a beekeeper and varroa mites are bugging you--to the point whether you wonder if you're...
Varroa mites on drone pupae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Honey of a Day--And It Gets Better!
Saturday, Aug. 19 promises to be a honey of a day--in more ways than one! And it gets better! It's...
Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño shows a frame to her class at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Students take notes as Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño shows opens a hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gene Brandi, Speaker at WAS Conference: Managing Honey Bees in California
Varroa mites--considered the No. 1 enemy of beekeepers--will be among the topics discussed when...
A varroa mite (reddish-brownish spot at left beneath the wings) is attached to this forager nectaring on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee pauses from foraging on an almond blossom to pack pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)