It didn't take long.
Last year at this time the field next to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee...
Honey Bee
HONEY BEE heads for a Teucrium frutican "Azureum"--also known as a blue bush germander. Note the ant in the middle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Peek-a-Bee
PEEK-A-BEE--A honey bee on the Teucrium fruticans "Azureum" keeps an eye on the photographer. Pollen brushes against the back of the bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Seeking Nectar
HONEY BEE appears to be "robbing the nectar" on this Teucrium fruticans, bypassing the traditional entrance to the blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Looking Around
HONEY BEE gets ready for takeoff after nectaring the Teucrium fruticans "Azureum," a member of the mint family. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Friday, February 26, 2010 at
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Plant it and they will come.
The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, planted last fall, is already...
Making Headway
CABBAGE is among the crops planted at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. The bee friendly garden includes other vegetables, fruit trees and almond trees, all pollinated by bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Almond blossoms
ALMOND TREES in California are just about ready to bloom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Haven Visitor
THIS HONEY BEE was among the visitors today at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at
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It's not just the honey bees that will be foraging in the half-acre Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on...
Tiny Hover Fly
THIS TINY HOVER FLY is nectaring on a strawberry blossom at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a half-acre bee friendly garden being developed on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. This hover fly is most likely from the genus Paragus sp., said UC Davis emeritus professor and pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Dragonfly on Sage
THIS VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK DRAGONFLY, Sympetrum corrugatum, family Libellulidae, rests on sage at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Monday, October 5, 2009 at
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Don't know if silence is GOLDEN, but Italian honey bees definitely are.Early morning Saturday, I...
ITALIAN HONEY BEE forages for nectar on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
EARLY MORNING SUN warms a honey bee as she nectars on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Monday, September 7, 2009 at
5:11 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment
Honey bees love catmint as much as cats love catnip.
Fact is, catmint and catnip belong to the...
Honey Bee
HONEY BEE, with tongue extended, heads for catmint (Nepeta faassenii). This will be among the plants in the half-acre Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, to be open to the public Oct. 16 on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Nectaring
WITH POLLEN crowning her head, a honey bee nectars catmint. It's a bee favorite and a people favorite.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Monday, August 10, 2009 at
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