WELCOME BEES TO YOUR GARDEN
Honey bees are the most common bees in our environment, but many other bees pollinate our backyard gardens. Honey bees are currently facing serious threats to their survival, so it is important to make your garden a safe haven for them. Learn about where bees live, what they need to survive, and what you can do to provide them with a safe habitat and a variety of nectar and pollen so they can flourish. Also learn about the many rewards of backyard beekeeping.
Dr. Shan
non Mueller is the Agronomy Farm Advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension in Fresno County. She works with a variety of crops and the bees and beekeepers that are so vital to crop production in California. She is a backyard beekeeper and has 7 colonies that supply her with friends, honey and endless fascination.