Posts Tagged: Honey bee
Architectural Structure of Collapsed Feral Bee Colony Saved for UC Davis Public Display
The architectural structure of a collapsed feral honey bee colony in a hollowed-out Eucalyptus tree...
The collapsed feral honey bee colony as it looked on Oct. 4 before it was cut and removed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Jose Garcia of the Atlas Tree and Landscape Company prepares to save the collapsed colony for display in the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
With part of the tree cut, the feral honey bee colony is ready to be saved. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Jose Garcia of the Atlas Tree and Landscape Company lowers the tree limb section. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Robert Arndt of the Nut Tree Airport hefts the tree section from Jose Garcia of the Atlas Tree and Landscape Co. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Showcasing the collapsed feral honey bee colony are (from left) Karen Cometta Shepard of Vacaville; Robert Arndt of the Nut Tree Airport; and Jose Garcia and Dennis Stark of the Atlas Tree and Landscape Company. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
With the collapsed feral honey bee colony in the foreground, the crew salvages the honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A taste of honey: Honey comb in the hollow of the tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sharing the Nectar--But Not All at the Same Time
Everybody eats in the pollinator garden. Maybe not at the same time, but they all eat. We noticed...
A syrphid fly (bottom right) heads toward a Mexican sunflower occupied by a honey bee. The fly, aka hover fly and flower fly, wants some nectar, too.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Can we share? As the honey bee keeps nectaring, the syrphid comes in for a taste. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
All mine! The honey bee wins. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
All mine! The syprhid fly takes over. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
All mine! A drone fly claims it. The drone fly is often mistaken for a bee. Note the "H" on the abdomen of the fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How Climate Change Affects Bees
Have you ever wondered how climate change affects bees? Honey bees and native bees? You can find...
This ceramic-mosaic sculpture of a worker bee, by self-described "rock artist" Donna Billick of Davis, anchors the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's All the Buzz: WAS to Meet in Davis in 2017
It's all the buzz. It's just been announced that the Western Apicultural Society (WAS), founded 40...
This sign, fronting the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis, is the work of self-described "rock artist" Donna Billick of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is "Miss Bee Haven," a worker bee ceramic-mosaic sculpture that anchors the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. It is the work of Donna Billick (shown) of Davis, a self-described "rock artist." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology operates the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, west of the central campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extra, Extra, Read All About It!
Extra, extra, read all about it! This "extra" has nothing to do with a special edition of a...
A honey bee heads for a passionflower vine (Passiflora). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What is the honey bee seeking on the passionflower vine? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The honey bee is seeking extra-floral nectaries on the petiole of a passionflower vine. They are described by Lenore Durkee of Grinnell College, Iowa, as "glands that secrete primarily sugars and are found on the vegetative portions of many species of plants." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)