Posts Tagged: California Agriculture Day

One Last Look at the Almonds 'n the Bees

While other parts of the country are buried in snow, California's Central Valley is just finishing up its almond pollination season. In actuality, those fragile white petals fluttering to the ground in the Central Valley are a different kind of snow, but the kind that doesn't make you shiver or...

Honey bee foraging on an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee foraging on an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pollen-packing honey bee dives in head first. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pollen-packing honey bee dives in head first. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Land around an almond tree on Bee Biology Road is being prepared for UC Davis pollination ecology plots. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Land around an almond tree on Bee Biology Road is being prepared for UC Davis pollination ecology plots. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Fly Away Home

"I'm a ladybug. Please, take me home. I want to live in your garden.I like to eat aphids. Aphids are tiny green insects that are harmful to plants.""Just like the Grange, I'm a friend to the farmer and you."Those visiting the California State Grange booth at the California Agriculture Day on...

Just Released

A JUST RELEASED ladybug prowls a rose bush for aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Crawling

LADYBUG crawls upside down on a rose leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Buzz on the State Capitol Lawn

When the annual California Agriculture Day took place yesterday on the state capitol grounds, thousands of visitors buzzed the booths learning more about the food they eat and the agriculturists that provide it.But that wasn't the only buzz.The California State Beekeepers' Association (CSBA) booth...

California Agriculture Day

CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE A. G. Kawamura (center) greets Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor and vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology. At right is Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, also a member of the UC Davis entomology faculty and parliamentarian of the California State Beekeepers' Association. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Fascination

BEEKEEPER Brian Fishback (right) of Wilton, president of the Sacramento Area Beekeepers’ Association, points out the queen, worker bees (sterile females) and the drones (males) to the visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Government Officials

CALIFORNIA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (center) and California Secretary of Agriculture A. G. Kawamura (right) listen to beekeeper Brian Fishback talk about the declining bee population. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee Observation Hive

GLASSED-IN bee observation hive at the California Agriculture Day, held March 23 on the state capitol grounds, was a big attraction. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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