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If you've ever seen honey bees foraging on primrose, you may have seen something unusual. What's with the pollen hanging below their hind legs as they buzz from primrose to primrose? There's a reason for that.

Diseases, disorders and other plant problems are critical concerns for the wholesale nursery.

"Helping Bees Stand on Their Own Six Feet." Yes, honey bees have six feet, and that's the title of a keynote speech to be presented May 9 at the University of California, Davis by Distinguished McKnight Professor and 2010 MacArthur Fellow Marla Spivak of the University of Minnesota.

This blog was originally supposed to be an interesting article on Thanksgiving foods; specifically, a discussion about crops (i.e. squashes, onion, corn, carrots, parsnips, etc...) that traditionally accompany our Thursday turkey, as well as their weedy relatives.

Dr. Rich Zollinger, a weed scientist from North Dakota State University, made a great presentation at the last CWSS meeting on spray adjuvants. He's a very knowledgeable (and fun) speaker and the team at NDSU has done some really great work on spray adjuvants and technology for decades.

These triple-digit temperatures make us all thirst for water. Honey bees need water, too.

Pesticides. Honey Bees.

Goodbye, 2013. Hello, 2014. If you're a beginning driver--or you remember being a beginning driver--your instructor may have admonished: "Look where you're going; not where you've been." But sometimes, especially at the end of a year, it's good to know where you've been.

Update: View a video of the two-hour program online. Innovative soil enhancement practices are being researched and implemented around the world, but havent caught on yet in most of California.

One of the most prominent and distant--as in far away--visitors to the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, the half-acre bee friendly garden on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis, was Mark Leech of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.