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Who Lives in the Hive? This 11-Year-Old 4-H'er Can Tell You!
Who lives in a honey bee hive? Eleven-year-old Lexi Haddon Mendes of the Vaca Valley 4-H Club, Vacaville, who has been keeping bees for five years, can tell you. "Who Lives in the Hive?" was the title of her project at the recent Solano County 4-H Presentation Day, held in the Tremont Elementary...
Vaca Valley 4-H beekeeper Lexi Haddon Mendes responds to questions from her evaluators. In back is Kate Frenkel of the Suisun Valley 4-H Club. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lexi Haddon Mendes, next to her display board. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's All the Buzz: 4-H'ers Learning How to Keep Bees
Nathaniel Haddon of the Vaca Valley 4-H Club, Vacaville, is only nine years old, but he already knows more about honey bees than many adults do. He readily names the three castes: queen bee, worker bee and drone. He explains that the workers are all females, and that drones are males and they...
Nathaniel Haddon, 9, of the Vaca Valley 4-H Club, Vacaville, discusses bees at the Solano County 4-H Presentation Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Beekeeper Nathaniel Haddon fielding questions about bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Solano County 4-H Presentation Day evaluators Brenda Torres (left) and Cara Kent listen attentively. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Keeping Bees
So you want to keep bees in your backyard... When do you start? What should you do? Newly retired Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, continues to field questions. He's kindly agreed to respond to beekeeping queries until the new Extension...
A drone (male bee) emerging. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This frame is buzzing with bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
