Bee biologist Harry Hyde Laidlaw Jr. (1907-2003), known as “the father of honey bee genetics,” served on the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty from 1947 until his retirement in 1974. Long after his retirement, however, the professor continued his research and outreach programs, publishing his last scientific paper at age 87 and his last book at 90.
At UC Davis, he maintained a honey bee-breeding program for 24 years, from 1989 to 2015, managed by bee breeder-geneticist Kim Fondrk at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. They discovered a link between social behavior and maternal traits in bees.
Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. Bee Biology Road University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 (530) 754-9390.Honey Bee Research. The National Honey Board (NHB) is committed to finding ways to help beekeepers maintain the health of their honey bees and was among the first to provide funding for Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) research in early 2007.At UC Davis, he maintained a honey bee-breeding program for 24 years, from 1989 to 2015, managed by bee breeder-geneticist Kim Fondrk at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. They discovered a link between social behavior and maternal traits in bees. Their work was featured in a cover story in the journal Nature.
At UCD, he maintained a honey bee-breeding program for 24 years, from 1989 to 2015, managed by bee breeder-geneticist Kim Fondrk at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility.
Read MoreScience 8 June 2012: Vol. 336 no. 6086 pp. 1304-1306 Global Honey Bee Viral Landscape Altered by a Parasitic Mite Stephen J. Martin et al. Looks at how the arrival of varroa in some Hawaiian islands affects the dynamics of Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) and the relative frequency of the DWV variants in the honeybee population.
Read MoreDr. Harry Laidlaw passed away in September, 2003 at the age of 96. His contributions to honey bee genetics and bee breeding are among the most significant of all apiculturists, and he will be greatly missed. Readings Laidlaw, H. H., Jr. (1977). Instrumental Insemination of Honey Bee Queens. Hamilton, IL, Dandant. Laidlaw, H. H., Jr. and J. E.
Read MorePesticides get undue blame in honey bee decline Multiple factors contribute to the declining honey bee population, not just one class of insecticides. Multiple factors affecting colony health include pathogens, parasites, pesticides and malnutrition.
Read MoreThe drifting of honey-bees - Volume 51 Issue 3 - J. B. Free. 1. Most of the bees which drift do so during their orientation flights and before they become regular foragers.
Read MoreThe impact of bees on our world is immeasurable. Bees are responsible for the evolution of the vast array of brightly colored flowers and for engineering the niches of multitudes of plants, animals, and microbes. They've painted our landscapes with flowers through their pollination activities, and they have evolved the most complex societies to aid their exploitation of the environment.
Read MoreThe traditional forest honey production which is practiced in south and southwest areas of Ethiopia where there is high vegetation cover and high honey bee colonies (27).
Read MoreHoney Bee Suite is dedicated to honey bees, beekeeping, wild bees, other pollinators, and pollination ecology. It is designed to be informative and fun, but also to remind readers that pollinators throughout the world are endangered.
Read MoreThe National Honey Board is currently accepting pre-proposals for research in two areas as they relate to the composition of honey and the role it can play in healthy diet patterns. Interested researchers need to submit a short pre-proposal by February 20, 2019.
Read MoreA crew from England filmed Gary in mid-May at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, at Rick Schubert’s Bee Happy Apiaries in Vacaville-Winters and then in a UC Davis open field where the 75,000 bees clustered his entire body.
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