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If Honey Bees Fascinate You, Think About Becoming a CAMBP Certified Apprentice Assistant

If honey bees fascinate you, you might want to take the first step toward becoming affiliated with the UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper...

Can you find the queen bee? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Can you find the queen bee? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Can you find the varroa mite on this worker bee? She is nectaring on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Can you find the varroa mite on this worker bee? She is nectaring on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee heading toward lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee heading toward lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sorry, We're Closed? Not the California Master Beekeeper Program!

Sorry, we're closed! What's a honey bee to do when one of her favorite flowers, cape mallow (Anisodontea sp. "Strybing Beauty") is not open for...

An energetic honey bee heads for a cape mallow (Anisodontea sp. "Strybing Beauty"), only to find it closed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An energetic honey bee heads for a cape mallow (Anisodontea sp. "Strybing Beauty"), only to find it closed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Are you really closed for bees-ness? The honey bee peers inside the cape mallow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Are you really closed for bees-ness? The honey bee peers inside the cape mallow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

I'm going in! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

I'm going in! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ah, sweet nectar! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ah, sweet nectar! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Meet Mead Maker and Master Beekeeper Mark Carlson on May 1

Enthusiasm is building and buzzing for the California Master Beekeeper Program's online course, "An Introduction to Mead 2021," set...

Master Beekeeper Mark Carlson of San Francisco will present an online course, hosted by the California Master Beekeeper Program, on "An Introduction to Mead 2021." (Photo courtesy of Mark Carlson)

Master Beekeeper Mark Carlson of San Francisco will present an online course, hosted by the California Master Beekeeper Program, on "An Introduction to Mead 2021." (Photo courtesy of Mark Carlson)

Make mine mead! Mead is "the fastest growing alcoholic beverage category in the United States," according to the American Mead Makers Association. (Photo courtesy of Mark Carlson)

Make mine mead! Mead is "the fastest growing alcoholic beverage category in the United States," according to the American Mead Makers Association. (Photo courtesy of Mark Carlson)

'Bee on Board' with Mead: California Master Beekeeper Program Hosting Course

Want to celebrate May Day by learning about mead, the world's most ancient alcoholic beverage? Remember mead? It's also known as "honey wine,"...

Participants in the California Master Beekeeper Program's online introduction to mead will learn about honey and mead. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Participants in the California Master Beekeeper Program's online introduction to mead will learn about honey and mead. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee heading toward the tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. Without the bee, there would be no honey or mead. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee heading toward the tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. Without the bee, there would be no honey or mead. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Honey Bee 'High Five'

"Honey bees contribute nearly $20 billion to the value of U.S. crop production," according to the American Beekeeping Federation's Pollination Facts....

A honey bee gives a "high five." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee gives a "high five." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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