Posts Tagged: honey bees
Hear the Buzz!
If you're anywhere near an almond orchard, you've probably heard the steady buzz. That's the...
A honey bee heads toward almond blossoms on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee doesn't need to be told where to go and what to do. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Both pollen and nectar await the honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee My Valentine
Bee my valentine. There's something about a honey bee foraging on a flowering quince that makes...
Honey bee foraging on flowering quince. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Full speed ahead--A pollen-laden honey bee heads for another quince blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee adjusting her load. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The entrance: a honey bee enters a quince blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Day to Wear Red
If you're around the UC Davis campus on Friday, Feb. 5, be sure to wear red. Faculty, staff and...
Seeing red...a honey bee packing red pollen heads for lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
One Little Bee
It was a bee. One little bee. What are the odds of a honey bee landing on the window of a UC...
A honey bee casting a shadow on a windshield. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Winter Visit to the UC Davis Arboretum
You don't see many honey bee foraging in the winter. They're snuggled deep inside their hives,...
A honey bee foraging on a bush mallow, Lavatera maritima, in the UC Davis Arboretum,in the vicinity of the Mediterranean Collection, back of the Storer Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A little pollen? A little! A honey bee foraging on the hibiscus-like blossom of a bush mallow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)