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Monthly Archives: November 2014

16 years @ MSU

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Today is my 16th anniversary at MSU! time surely flew away fast…

This entry was posted in Photo blog on 11/01/2014 by Zachary Huang.

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Spring flower 19: Peach
Spring is almost here!
Bee Anatomy Class Still Open
Winter flower 4: Eurya
Bee Love
Winter flower 3: Chinese plum
Spring flower 18: Almond
Spring flower 17: Nanking cherry
Spring flower 16: Flowering cherry
Spring flower 15: Cherry
Spring flower 14: Plum
Spring flower 13: Apricot
Spring flower 12: Pussy willow
Spring flower 11: Magnolia
Spring flower 10: Maple tree flowers

News about Huang’s research

2019: Bee pollen
2017: Varroa RNAi
2016: Bee vampire
2016: 360 perspective
2015: Varroa cuticles
2014: Bee loss
2009: New ways for mite control
2008: Combing for clues
2007: CCD research
2006: KleidaGraph and bees

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AAPA
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Cyberbee Image Lib
CFC club
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Spring flower 19: Peach 03/30/2020
Tweet Family Rosaceae Genus Prunus Subgenus Amygdalus Species P. persica ZBAS 7 Peach actually is is the same subgenus as almonds, shared with both having a large pit with ridges. Michigan production was 6,000 tons in 2019, so it is not super important here. It does have a value in the US though. Worldwide, the top […]
Spring is almost here! 03/25/2020
TweetAt this special moment (that the virus is prevailing over the flowers), I try to amuse myself (and hopefully you!) with a few selected poems I translated from Chinese (if not noted, it was written by yours truly). 1. Plum flowers 遥望万花疑是雪，近观千蜂寻蜜来 I thought the flowers were snow from afar Getting close I saw bees searching […]
Bee Anatomy Class Still Open 02/28/2020
TweetI will be teaching the honey bee anatomy as part of the MSU ANR Week Beekeeping program. In the Saturday (March 7th, 2:15 to 4:45 pm) session, I will show a ppt, tell stories (of honey bees), show you how I dissect via a video camera, and then you do your own dissection with your […]
Winter flower 4: Eurya 11/07/2019
Tweet Family Pentaphylacaceae, (formerly Theaceae) Genus Eurya ZBAS 9 (Apis cerana） The Chinese name of this flower, wild osmanthus, is confusing. Osmanthus fragrans is an evergreen shrub or small tree. It is 1.2 to 3 meters high and grows in subtropical regions and blooms from September to October. Osmanthus fragrans is in the family Oleaceae. […]
Bee Love 08/21/2019
TweetBee-love [By Zachary Huang] When missing you I taste a bit of honey It is still sweet, as usual The promise you made For thousands of years I can hear Your humming Your wings dancing With flowers faintly scented Closing my eyes I can feel you from the sky ascent Like an angel From God […]
Winter flower 3: Chinese plum 08/21/2019
Tweet Family Rosaceae Genus Prunus Subgenus Prunus Species P. mume ZBAS 6 One naturally thinks of Japan when seeing or speaking of flowering cherry. In the same way, one would link it to China when talking about the Chinese plum flower, or meihua. I would bet that the meihua received most Chinese ancient poems to it, […]
Spring flower 18: Almond 05/04/2019
Tweet Family Rosaceae Genus Prunus Subgenus Amygdalus Species P. dulcis ZBAS 8 Personally, I think that the most profitable agriculture in the United States is the almond. When I attended the almond growers meetings (2-3 times), everyone was dressed like a banker :) and a few mentioned going to Europe for a long vacation as […]
Spring flower 17: Nanking cherry 05/04/2019
Tweet Family Rosaceae Genus Prunus Subgenus Prunus Species P. tomentosa Common name Korean cherry, Manchu cherry, downy cherry, Shanghai cherry, Ando cherry, mountain cherry, Chinese bush cherry, or Chinese dwarf cherry. ZBAS 8 Nanking cherry , who sounds like a cousin to cherry, actually has a closer relationship with plum (the same subgenus as plum). […]
Spring flower 16: Flowering cherry 05/03/2019
Tweet Family Rosaceae Genus Prunus Subgenus Cerasus ZBAS 4 These beautiful, but fruitless cherry blossoms are called “Japanese Flowering Cherry”, and there are many different species and varieties. The beauty of spring is certainly not just because of those crocuses, scillas, and hyacinths. Cherry blossoms is at least as, if not more, important to us […]
Spring flower 15: Cherry 05/01/2019
Tweet Family Rosaceae Genus Prunus Subgenus Cerasus Species P. avium ZBAS 8 The cherry blossom here refers to the flower of the American cherry (sweet cherry) (Prunus avium). The UUS also has sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), which is mainly used for dessert (Cherry Pie). Michigan ranks fifth in the country for sweet cherry production. The top […]

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