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Pollination Ecologist Neal Williams: The Importance of Native Bees

Did you know that California is home to more than 1600 species of undomesticated bees—most of them native—that populate and pollinate our...

A squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, pollinating a squash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, pollinating a squash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, pollinating a squash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This native bee is the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, emerging from a foxglove. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This native bee is the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, emerging from a foxglove. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This native bee is the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, emerging from a foxglove. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, foraging on a seaside daisy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, foraging on a seaside daisy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, foraging on a seaside daisy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A native leafcutter bee, Megachile fidelis, on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A native leafcutter bee, Megachile fidelis, on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A native leafcutter bee, Megachile fidelis, on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, May 5, 2023 at 5:16 PM
Focus Area Tags: Economic Development, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

Check Out the UC Davis Speakers' Stage at the California Honey Festival

What a line-up! Amina Harris, director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center, has organized a fantastic group of speakers for the UC...

Pollination ecologist and professor Neal Williams, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will speak on
Pollination ecologist and professor Neal Williams, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will speak on "Native Bees and their Conservation"at 10:30 a.m., May 6 on the UC Davis Speakers' Stage at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pollination ecologist and professor Neal Williams, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will speak on "Native Bees and their Conservation"at 10:30 a.m., May 6 on the UC Davis Speakers' Stage at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Cooperative Extension apiculturist/associate professor Elina Lastro Niño of Entomology and Nematology, and director of the California Master Beekeeper Program, will cover
Cooperative Extension apiculturist/associate professor Elina Lastro Niño of Entomology and Nematology, and director of the California Master Beekeeper Program, will cover "What Our Bee Research Is Teaching Us" in her talk at 2 p.m., May 6 on the UC Davis Speakers' Stage at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Cooperative Extension apiculturist/associate professor Elina Lastro Niño of Entomology and Nematology, and director of the California Master Beekeeper Program, will cover "What Our Bee Research Is Teaching Us" in her talk at 2 p.m., May 6 on the UC Davis Speakers' Stage at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wendy Mather, co-program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program, will discuss
Wendy Mather, co-program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program, will discuss "So, You Want to Be a Beekeeper?" at 1 p.m., May 6 on the UC Davis Speakers' Stage, California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wendy Mather, co-program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program, will discuss "So, You Want to Be a Beekeeper?" at 1 p.m., May 6 on the UC Davis Speakers' Stage, California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 4:43 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

California Honey Festival: The Place to 'Bee' on May 6

The California Honey Festival is the place to "bee" on Saturday, May 6 in downtown Woodland. The festival, free and family friendly, takes...

Amina Harris, director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center, and co-founder of the California Honey Festival, talks about honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Amina Harris, director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center, and co-founder of the California Honey Festival, talks about honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Amina Harris, director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center, and co-founder of the California Honey Festival, talks about honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wendy Mather, program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program, dresses as a bee at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wendy Mather, program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program, dresses as a bee at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wendy Mather, program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program, dresses as a bee at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The annual California Honey Festival draws an average of 40,000 people. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The annual California Honey Festival draws an average of 40,000 people. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The annual California Honey Festival draws an average of 40,000 people. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 4:28 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

Show Me the Honey! California Honey Festival Set Saturday, May 6

Show me the honey! The annual California Honey Festival, free and open to the public, will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 6 in...

Crowds throng Main Street, Woodland, during the annual California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Crowds throng Main Street, Woodland, during the annual California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Crowds throng Main Street, Woodland, during the annual California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wendy Mather, program manager of the UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program, annually dons a bee suit to welcome the California Honey Festival attendees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wendy Mather, program manager of the UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program, annually dons a bee suit to welcome the California Honey Festival attendees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wendy Mather, program manager of the UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program, annually dons a bee suit to welcome the California Honey Festival attendees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Amina Harris, director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center, encourages visitors to taste honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Amina Harris, director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center, encourages visitors to taste honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Amina Harris, director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center, encourages visitors to taste honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, April 24, 2023 at 5:32 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development, Environment, Family, Food, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

One More Look at California Honey Festival

One more look at the annual California Honey Festival, held Saturday, May 7 in downtown Woodland... They came to taste the honey,  learn about...

A crowd descends on the California Honey Festival, held last Saturday in downtown Woodland. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A crowd descends on the California Honey Festival, held last Saturday in downtown Woodland. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A crowd descends on the California Honey Festival, held last Saturday in downtown Woodland. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bees inside a glassed-in observation hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bees inside a glassed-in observation hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bees inside a glassed-in observation hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Claire Tauzer of Tauzer Apiaries/Sola Bee Farms welcomes the crowd. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Claire Tauzer of Tauzer Apiaries/Sola Bee Farms welcomes the crowd. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Claire Tauzer of Tauzer Apiaries/Sola Bee Farms welcomes the crowd. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Donned in a bee costume, Wendy Mather, program manager of the UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program, drew scores of admirers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Donned in a bee costume, Wendy Mather, program manager of the UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program, drew scores of admirers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Donned in a bee costume, Wendy Mather, program manager of the UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program, drew scores of admirers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

May I take your photo? Of course, you may!
May I take your photo? Of course, you may! "Queen Bee" Wendy Mather, program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program, poses with a festival-goer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

May I take your photo? Of course, you may! "Queen Bee" Wendy Mather, program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program, poses with a festival-goer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)


"Uncle Jer" (Jer Johnson, far right) of Uncle Jer's Traveling Bee Show, shows festival-goers his bee observation hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Uncle Jer" (Jer Johnson, far right) of Uncle Jer's Traveling Bee Show, shows festival-goers his bee observation hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 4:48 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development, Environment, Family, Food, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

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