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Posts Tagged: almond
Arnon Dag: How to Improve Cross-Pollination in Almond, Pear, Apple and Cherry Trees
How can you improve cross-pollination in such tree crops as almond, pear, apple and cherry? Senior scientist Arnon Dag of the...
A honey bee pollinating an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee pollinating an apple blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee pollinating a cherry blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Incredible Memories of 'The Honey Bee Guru'
It was incredible. The Celebration of Life and Legacy of UC Cooperative Extension apiculturist emeritus Eric Mussen, held Aug. 28 in...
A capacity crowd attended the memorial for UC Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen in the Putah Creek Lodge, UC Davis. (Photo by Tabatha Yang)
A bee observation hive at the Eric Mussen memorial commemorated his love of honey bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (right) and Norm Gary, UC Davis emeritus professor of entomology, at the Western Apicultural Society meeting at UC Davis in 2014. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eric and Helen Mussen in front of the sculpture, Miss Bee Haven, at the UC Davis Bee Haven in 2014. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Registration Now Underway for Almond Board of California Conerence
The Almond Board of California (ABC) just announced that registration is now underway for its 50th annual Almond Conference, set Dec. 6-8 at...
A honey bee packing pollen on a UC Davis almond tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Almond Pollination Season Ought to Be About Almond Pollination
When friends own almond acreage, and invite you to see the bees and the blossoms on a brilliant day in mid-February, you go. Of course, you...
A brilliant day in an Esparto almond orchard on Feb. 16. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee pollinating an almond blossom in Esparto. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The girls bringing home the pollen from an Esparto almond orchard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Real Almond Joy
California's almond pollination season typically starts in mid-February, around Valentine's Day, but along the Benicia waterfront, the almond trees...
Almond blossoms greet the sky and bees in this image taken at the Matthew Turner Shipyard Park in Benicia on Jan. 30, 2012. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee forages on an almond blossom, gathering nectar and pollen for her colony. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This honey bee can't get enough of the nectar and pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Apis mellifera, we have lift-off! Time to head for another almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
