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Have You Seen Me?

It's good to see so many people looking for the critically imperiled Franklin's bumble bee, which...

Franklin's bumble bee. (Photo by Robbin Thorp)

Franklin's bumble bee. (Photo by Robbin Thorp)

A yellow-faced bumble bee shares a coneflower with a honey bee at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A yellow-faced bumble bee shares a coneflower with a honey bee at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Borage! Borage! Borage!

A recent trip to the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, Fort Bragg, yielded spectacular views of...

Honey bee foraging on borage. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee foraging on borage. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Yellow-face bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) takes a liking to borage. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) takes a liking to borage. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Haven for Bumble Bees

The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven is not only a haven for honey bees; it's a haven for bumble bees...

Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) foraging in Bee Bliss salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) foraging in Bee Bliss salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) peers at a visitor in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) peers at a visitor in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oh, the Diversity in the Garden

The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, the half-acre bee friendly garden planted last fall next to the...

Sweat Bee

SWEAT BEE--This is a striped sweat bee, Halictus ligatus, on a Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnifera) in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee

YELLOW-FACED bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, is one of three species of bumble bees detected in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. This bumble bee is foraging on a tower of jewels (Echium wildprettii). The haven's five towers of jewels will bloom in the spring. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Leafcutter Bee

ANOTHER BEE detected in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven is the leafcutter bee (Megachile sp.) This one is on a rock purslane (Calandrinia grandiflora). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sunflower Bee

SUNFLOWER BEE, Svastra obliqua expurgata, foraging on a sunflower head. This bee is one of more than 50 species of bees found in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sharing a Cone (Flower)

It's fun seeing little children sharing a cone...an ice cream cone.But have you ever seen a bumble...

Coneflower

BUMBLE BEE and a honey bee share a coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Two Visitors

YELLOW-FACED bumble bee and a honey bee circle a coneflower at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Touching

TOUCHING--A bumble bee touches a honey bee on a coneflower at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Victory

YELLOW-FACED bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) emerges the victor on the coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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