Posts Tagged: Karen Klonsky

Aspiring for Better Pollination

We can expect some exciting research to emerge from the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI). And UC Davis...

The blue orchard bee or BOB (Osmia) is being studied as an alternative pollinator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The blue orchard bee or BOB (Osmia) is being studied as an alternative pollinator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pollination ecologist Neal Williams working on an Osmia project last summer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pollination ecologist Neal Williams working on an Osmia project last summer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Escalating Cost of Growing Almonds

Growing almonds isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's expensive. The next time you're enjoying a ice cream bar coated with almonds or a salad with...

Honey Bee

HONEY BEE pollinating an almond blossom today at the half-acre Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a bee friendly garden at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

In the Pink

HONEY BEE zeroes in on an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pollen Load

POLLEN LOAD of honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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