Posts Tagged: The Art of the Bee

Honey Bee Geneticist Rob Page Launches YouTube Channel: Fascinating World of Bees

If you're interested in bees--as a scientist, beekeeper or just as an enthusiast--you'll want to access the newly launched YouTube Channel of internationally acclaimed honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr., a UC Davis alumnus and an emeritus administrator at UC Davis and Arizona...

Honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. examining a swarm.

Honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. examining a swarm.

The Bees-Ness of the Bees

The bee swarm touched down April 1, settling near the wind chimes on her patio roof. "I saw the swarm when I looked out the window," said Vacaville resident Lynn Starner.  She watched dozens of bees buzzing toward the cluster. Flowering plum branches sheltered and shadowed the...

Around 6 p.m., April 1, the bee swarm at the Starner home looked like this. (Photo by the Craig and Shelly Hunt family)

Around 6 p.m., April 1, the bee swarm at the Starner home looked like this. (Photo by the Craig and Shelly Hunt family)

Beekeeper Craig Hunt (on ladder) and his daughter, Emma, 8, work to retrieve the bee swarm. Emma learned beekeeping from her father, who taught 4-H beekeeping prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Shelly Hunt Photo)

Beekeeper Craig Hunt (on ladder) and his daughter, Emma, 8, work to retrieve the bee swarm. Emma learned beekeeping from her father, who taught 4-H beekeeping prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Shelly Hunt Photo)

Close-up of Craig Hunt smoking the bees. (Photo by Shelly Hunt)

Close-up of Craig Hunt smoking the bees. (Photo by Shelly Hunt)

Beekeeper Emma Hunt, 8, tends to the bees. (Photo by Shelly Hunt)

Beekeeper Emma Hunt, 8, tends to the bees. (Photo by Shelly Hunt)

Bees in a box! The Vacaville patio swarm yielded two boxes. (Craig and Shelly Hunt Photo)

Bees in a box! The Vacaville patio swarm yielded two boxes. (Craig and Shelly Hunt Photo)

The Beauty of the Bee

Have you ever pulled up a chair in your garden and watched honey bees foraging? They are so intent on their "bees-ness" that they don't know you're there.  It's a great opportunity to photograph them. Sometimes, if you're lucky, they'll buzz over your head on their way back to their colony,...

A honey bee nectaring on African blue basil in Vacaville, Calif. At right is Salvia microphylla "Hot Lips." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee nectaring on African blue basil in Vacaville, Calif. At right is Salvia microphylla "Hot Lips." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee, its tongue or proboscis still extended, departs from the African blue basil. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee, its tongue or proboscis still extended, departs from the African blue basil. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee pulls its proboscis back in and is leaving the African blue basil. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee pulls its proboscis back in and is leaving the African blue basil. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Frozen in time--a honey bee takes flight and heads for home. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Frozen in time--a honey bee takes flight and heads for home. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Why Bees Are Artists and Engineers--Robert E. Page Jr.'s New Book

It's a long-awaited book, 25 years in the making. And it's sure to "bee" among the very best.  Eminent honey bee geneticist and biologist Robert E. Page Jr. has authored a 256-page book,  “The Art of the Bee: Shaping the Environment from Landscapes to Societies” (Oxford...

Eminent honey bee geneticist and biologist Robert E. Page Jr. with his new book, "The Art of the Bee."

Eminent honey bee geneticist and biologist Robert E. Page Jr. with his new book, "The Art of the Bee."

Robert E. Page Jr. examines a bee swarm. He is the author of a new book, "The Art of the Bee: Shaping the Environment from Landscapes to Societies."

Robert E. Page Jr. examines a bee swarm. He is the author of a new book, "The Art of the Bee: Shaping the Environment from Landscapes to Societies."

These Bees Are Carpenters

These bees are carpenters.These bees are art.Professor Jeffrey Granett, who retired from the UC Davis Department of Entomology in January 2007, now spends must of his time working on his art.  He created a hanging piece for "The Bees at The Bee" art show, to be held from 3 to 8 p.m., Saturday, May...

Jeffrey Granett

RETIRED ENTOMOLOGIST Jeffrey Granett (shown in front of Briggs Hall at UC Davis) now spends much of his time creating art. This is part of his hanging art, "Carpenter Bee with Tattoo," that will be shown at "The Bees at The Bee" art show on Saturday, May 8 from 3 to 8 p.m. in the Sacramento Bee's open courtyard at 2100 Q St. Open to the public at no charge, it's a benefit for honey bee research at UC Davis. The professor retired from UC Davis in 2007 and worked at Briggs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Tattoos

INTRICATE WORK on the wings of a carpenter bee gives it the title "Carpenter Bee with a Tattoo." Retired entomologist Jeffrey Granett will show this work at "The Bees at The Bee" art show May 8 in the Sacramento Bee's open courtyard. Art sales will benefit UC Davis honey bee research. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Carpenter Bee

CARPENTER BEE, the subject of retired entomologist Jeffrey Granett's art work, robs nectar from mint in a UC Davis wildflower bed. This carpenter bee is a male Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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