California Master Beekeeper Program | Entomology and Nematology

The Bee People: Professor Elina Lastro Niño, director of the California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMBP); Wendy Mather, co-program manager of CAMBP; and Amina Harris, retired director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center and Queen Bee of The Hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Mini-Festival Celebrating Bees and Other Pollinators

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
May 21, 2025

It focused on the bees.

And what an educational and entertaining experience it was for the some 600 to 650 people attending a mini-festival at The Hive, Woodland, on Saturday, May 3--the day that the 2025 California Honey Festival was planned, but "not to bee."

Grafting in a class at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

California Master Beekeeper Program: Honey Bee Classes Announced

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
May 13, 2025

The UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMBP) has scheduled two bee courses: one on queen-rearing techniques and the other on instrumental insemination.

Both will be held in the E. L. Niño Lab of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, located at 1 Bee Biology Road, UC Davis.

Bee researcher Scott McArt of Cornell University with students.

Pesticides and Bees: What We Know and What We Can Do

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
February 20, 2025

What do we know about the impacts of pesticides on pollinators? What steps do regulatory agencies like the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) take to safeguard our pollinators? Are protections from the EPA adequate or inadequate?