Posts Tagged: Kathy Kellison

Do You Have a Little Land to Spare for the Bee Buffer Project?

Do you have a little land to spare, such as a quarter of an acre or up to three acres? For honey bee habitat? The Pollinator Partnership, as part of...

Honey bee on a California golden poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee on a California golden poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee heading for lupine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee heading for lupine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

All the Way from Down Under

One of the most prominent and distant--as in far away--visitors to the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, the half-acre bee friendly garden...

This photo of a bee foraging on a zinnia, taken in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, graces the front and back covers of "Bee Friendly: A Planting Guide for European Honeybees and Australia Native Pollinators." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This photo of a bee foraging on a zinnia, taken in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, graces the front and back covers of "Bee Friendly: A Planting Guide for European Honeybees and Australia Native Pollinators." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee-Helpful Cover Crops in Vineyards

Kathy Kellison is on a mission: to encourage winegrape growers to plant “Bee-Helpful Cover Crops.” This would include mustards, clover...

Honey bee foraging on mustard, a good cover crop for bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee foraging on mustard, a good cover crop for bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Upside down honey bee on mustard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Upside down honey bee on mustard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Know Your California Beekeepers

When the annual California Ag Day takes place Wednesday, March 21 on the west side of the California State Capitol grounds, Sacramento, expect to see...

Kathy Kellison, executive director of Partners for Sustainable Pollination, headquartered in Santa Rosa, delivers information to the 2011 beekeepers' booth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Kathy Kellison, executive director of Partners for Sustainable Pollination, headquartered in Santa Rosa, delivers information to the 2011 beekeepers' booth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Drone (male bee) emerging from drone comb. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Drone (male bee) emerging from drone comb. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

So Many Bees

Folks accustomed to seeing only honey bees (which are non-natives) buzzing around their yard probably aren't aware that in the United States alone...

Yolo County Bee Collection

THIS COLLECTION of bees, by native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, shows the wide diversity of bees in Yolo County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Metallic Green Sweat Bee

THIS is a male green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Cuckoo Bee

THIS is a cuckoo bee, probably the genus Triepeolus, maybe Epeolus, and probably a male (identification by Robbin Thorp). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sunflower Bee

FEMALE SUNFLOWER BEE, Diadasia enavata, family Apidae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Carpenter Bee

THIS is a carpenter bee (Xylocopa tabaniformis). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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