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About those honey bees...
Colony collapse disorder (CCD) has certainly increased public awareness about bees — but also public misinformation about bees in general. CCD, the mysterious phenomenon characterized by adult bees abandoning the hive, leaving behind the...
Honey bee on blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This floral visitor, a syrphid fly, is often mistaken for a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
So, you want to be a commercial beekeeper...
So you want to be a full-time commercial beekeeper and keep 1,000 colonies or more. Perhaps you want to sell honey and beeswax, rent your bees for commercial crop pollination, rear queen bees, or sell bulk bees. The newly published second edition of...
Honey bee heading for almond blossoms, spring of 2011, at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The queen and her court at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Show me the honey
“Going green” means buying local honey, say honey bee experts at the University of California, Davis. “It’s not only supporting the local beekeepers in our flagging economy, but imported honey can be problematic,” said bee breeder-geneticist Susan...
Honey Extraction
Susan Cobey
Bee-ing green
Going green in your backyard doesn’t mean just planting a bee-friendly garden and providing water for the bees. Have you ever thought about becoming a backyard beekeeper? You can help boost the declining bee population while engaging in a fascinating...
Backyard Bee
Smoking the Hive
