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)
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at
8:37 PM
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)
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Thursday, April 14, 2011 at
8:26 PM
"A" is for anemone, "B" is for bumble bee and "C" is for coneflower.A visit to the Oregon state...
Bumble Bee on Anemone
WORKER BUMBLE BEE on anemone. This is a female yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii), as identified by native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Foraging
THIS WORKER BUMBLE BEE (Bombus vosnesenskii) is foraging on anemone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Male Bumble Bee
A MALE bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, nectaring on a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Monday, September 6, 2010 at
7:49 PM
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)
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at
6:36 PM
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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Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at
8:04 PM