Posts Tagged: UC Davis Conference Center
Why You Should Clear Your Calendar for March 6, 2022: UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day!
It's happening. The UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day is planned for Sunday, March 6, 2022. This is the 11th year of this free, science-focused event. It was initially scheduled for Feb 20, but was changed due to concerns about the Omicron COVID-19 surge and making the event accessible to...
A tarantula at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee There! Registration for International Pollnation Conference at UC Davis Now Open
It's official. Registration for the seventh annual International Pollinator Conference, billed Wednesday, July 17 through Saturday, July 20 in the UC Davis Conference Center, is now underway. You can register online on the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center site. At the conference, chaired by...
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, and a honey bee, Apis mellifera, share a purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A leafcutter bee, Megachile, forages on a rock purslane, Calandrinia grandiflora. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
All Systems Are 'Bee' for UC Davis Bee Symposium
All systems are "bee" for the fourth annual UC Davis Bee Symposium: Keeping Bees Healthy, on Saturday, March 3. Except for a little liquid sunshine. Unexpected rain, however, won't deter beekeepers, bee scientists and other bee enthusiasts from gathering in the UC Davis Conference Center on...
Odds are, due to the rain, you won't find any bees flying around Davis during the UC Davis Bee Symposium, but you might find a rainbow or a reflection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's That Buzz?
Things are buzzing over at the Robert Mondavi Wine and Food Science on the University of California, Davis campus. The RMI folks are gearing up for the big Honey! event, set for 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 21 in the UC Davis Conference Center. It's not every day that there's an all-day...
Honey bee nectaring lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee observation hives loaned by Brian Fishback of Wilton will enable folks to see a retinue. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Fingers dipping in a honeycomb at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey).
Show Me the Honey! (And the Wonder of Bees!)
Honey in the morningHoney in the eveningHoney at suppertimeBe my little honeyAnd love me all the time... So sang the McGuire Sisters in their 1958 hit tune, "Sugartime." And so will sing the Honeybee Trio of Vacaville at the Honey! event on Friday, Oct. 21 in the UC Davis Conference Center. The...
Honeybee Trio is comprised of (from left) Karli Bosler, 16; Natalie Angst, 16, and Sarah McElwain, 15. In back is Donna Billick's bee sculpture. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)