Posts Tagged: bee hives

Dear Santa: Let Me Bee All I Can Bee

If you're looking for a holiday gift for your favorite beekeeper or a wanna-be beekeeper (hey, that...

The UC Davis bee courses will be hands-on. At left is Extension apiculturist Elina Niño. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The UC Davis bee courses will be hands-on. At left is Extension apiculturist Elina Niño. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Participants from a 2015 class check out a frame. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Participants from a 2015 class check out a frame. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis graduate student Tricia Bohls explains bee development. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis graduate student Tricia Bohls explains bee development. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

What to Do When a Bee Truck Overturns

When a bee truck overturns, all sorts of things can happen. None of them is good--unless both the...

A truck loaded with bee hives. Image taken through a car window. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A truck loaded with bee hives. Image taken through a car window. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wearing of the Green--and the Yellow

St. Patrick's Day is the "wearing of the green," but it's also the "wearing of the yellow." Wild...

Bee hives nestled in a field of green and yellow (mustard) along Highway 12, Napa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee hives nestled in a field of green and yellow (mustard) along Highway 12, Napa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee foraging in mustard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee foraging in mustard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Lavishing the Lavender

If you built it (a field of dreams), they will come. And if you bring flowers, that's all the...

The Bee Man

THE BEE MAN, aka Eric Mussen, Cooperative Extension apiculturist and faculty member at UC Davis, talks to Fox 40 reporter Darsha Philips (center) and cameraman Andrew Faulk. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee on Lavender

BEE ON LAVENDER--A honey bee visits a potted Spanish lavender, Otto Quast, at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee Friendly Plants

BEE FRIENDLY PLANTS--Lavender, salvia and stalked bulbine are among the scores of bee friendly plants that gardeners are encouraged to grow in their yards. Missy Borel of the California Center for Urban Horticulture, UC Davis, brought these plants for a television interview today at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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