Meet Our Bees and Pollinators Experts
Gail Langellotto
Master Gardener Statewide Coordinator
Andony Melathopoulos
Pollinator Ecology/Ecotoxicology
Elizabeth Records
Education Program Assistant, Master Gardener volunteer coordinator
Ramesh Sagili
Apiculturist
Heike Williams
Honeybees Biological Sciences Assistant
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We are moving to the desert, can we still keep bees?
Q: We are moving to the alvord desert area and have kept bees in the past. I'm curious of your thoughts on how a honey bee hive would thrive in that high desert environment? Any thoughts or advice you have here would be great!