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Everything's Coming Up Roses--and a Few Bees
Honey bees aren't that much into roses. Wild roses, yes. Cultivated roses, not so much. Given a...
Honey bee foraging on a rose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee blends into a rose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee working a rose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Migratory Immunity in Monarchs
Monarch butterflies, says Sonia Altizer, are "globally distributed and best known for undertaking a...
A monarch butterfly foraging on a Mexican sunflower in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yule'll Like This One
If you're growing a tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii) in your yard, you won't need a stop sign or...
Honey bee foraging in a tower of jewels. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee gets down to business. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Upside down honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Like a (Blue) Needle in a Haystack
Sometimes it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack.The common blue damselfly or Northern...
Common blue damselfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Another view of common blue damselfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Nature's Gallery: Absolutely Spectacular
Nature's Gallery is absolutely spectacular.You may remember hearing about the UC Davis Art/Science...
Nature's Gallery, a mosaic mural celebrating insects and plants, is now at home in the Storer Garden, UC Davis Arboretum, on Garrod Drive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Aethionema schistosum or fragrant Persian stonecress with Epilobium canum or hummingbird trumpet. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)