Posts Tagged: bee wrangler
Norm Gary: Jazz Is Music to His Ears--But So Are the Bees
Jazz is music to his ears, but so are the bees. He's been beekeeping and playing the clarinet for 69 years. Meet Norman Gary of Citrus Heights, UC Davis emeritus professor of entomology who retired in 1994 after a 32-year academic career. As an apiculturist and researcher, he authored...
Bee wrangler Norm Gary clustered with bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A documentary shoot featuring Norm Gary, the bee wrangler. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Taste of Honey
Honey! Today at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis, we borrowed a plastic spoon and offered a taste of honey to newly emerged honey bees.It was their sisters' making and now it was theirs. And soon, they will be making their own.Norman...
Honey bee sipping honey in the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of bee sipping honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee quickly finds the honey in a spoon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)