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Bees Buzzed at Cal Ag Day--So Did the People

Bees buzzed at Cal Ag Day. So did the people. When legislators, agriculturists, and city folk celebrated California Ag Day on Wednesday, March 16 on the west lawn of the state capitol grounds, everything buzzed, including the bees inside an observation hive in the California State Beekeepers'...

California State Beekeepers' Association secretary-treasurer Carlin Jupe (left) and member Bill Cervenka get ready to greet the crowds at Cal Ag Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

California State Beekeepers' Association secretary-treasurer Carlin Jupe (left) and member Bill Cervenka get ready to greet the crowds at Cal Ag Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

James Fuller of Dixon, president of Bids for Kids for the Dixon May Fair and Solano County Fair and a sergeant in the detective division of the Elk Grove Police Department, checks out the bee observation hive with Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

James Fuller of Dixon, president of Bids for Kids for the Dixon May Fair and Solano County Fair and a sergeant in the detective division of the Elk Grove Police Department, checks out the bee observation hive with Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Beekeepers Paul Hansbury and his wife, Susan (kneeling) of Laytonville, Mendocino County, Calif. look at the bees with Extension apiculturist Elina Niño. The Hansburys, wearing "I Am a Farmer" shirts, grow fruits-- including apples, pears, plums, cherries and strawberries--and also medical cannabis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Beekeepers Paul Hansbury and his wife, Susan (kneeling) of Laytonville, Mendocino County, Calif. look at the bees with Extension apiculturist Elina Niño. The Hansburys, wearing "I Am a Farmer" shirts, grow fruits-- including apples, pears, plums, cherries and strawberries--and also medical cannabis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Four-year-old Michael Ramos-Rivera of Elk Grove gets his first close-up look at bees. With him are Extension apiculturist Elina Niño (far left) and his mother, Sharill Rivera. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Four-year-old Michael Ramos-Rivera of Elk Grove gets his first close-up look at bees. With him are Extension apiculturist Elina Niño (far left) and his mother, Sharill Rivera. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Point players in the bee industry gather for a photo. From left are Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, CSBA lobbyist Holly Fraumeni, Carlin Jupe of the CSBA; Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross, Bill Cervenka of the CSBA and Extension apiculturist Elina Niño. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Point players in the bee industry gather for a photo. From left are Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, CSBA lobbyist Holly Fraumeni, Carlin Jupe of the CSBA; Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross, Bill Cervenka of the CSBA and Extension apiculturist Elina Niño. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Have something sweet from the California State Beekeepers' Association," said beekeeper Bill Cervenka at the California Ag Day celebration March 16 on the state capitol grounds. Here he hands honey sticks to Woodland FFA members Travis Tabarez (far left) and Alex Butterfield. Tabarez will be joining the Marines in June, and Butterfield, the Navy in September. Cervenka congratulated them on serving their country and said "be safe." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Have something sweet from the California State Beekeepers' Association," said beekeeper Bill Cervenka at the California Ag Day celebration March 16 on the state capitol grounds. Here he hands honey sticks to Woodland FFA members Travis Tabarez (far left) and Alex Butterfield. Tabarez will be joining the Marines in June, and Butterfield, the Navy in September. Cervenka congratulated them on serving their country and said "be safe." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey Bees Still in Trouble

Honey bees are still in trouble.University of California scientists hammered home that point tonight during the PBS NewsHour program on the colony collapse disorder (CCD) and the declining bee population. Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology told Spencer...

Beekeepers Bill Cervenka (left) of Half Moon Bay and Randy Oliver of Grass Valley check out a frame in Healdsburg during a bee conference.. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

eekeepers Bill Cervenka (left) of Half Moon Bay and Randy Oliver of Grass Valley check out a frame in Healdsburg during a bee conference. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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