It's worth the wait.The two towers of jewels (Echium wildpretti) are blooming in the Häagen-Dazs...
Posted on
Friday, April 22, 2011 at
8:24 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)
Posted on
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at
8:26 PM
When something is a "plum," it's something desirable, whether it be a "plum" position, a "plum"...
Bee Heading Toward Plum Blossom
HONEY BEE from the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis, heads toward a plum blossom in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a half-acre bee friendly garden on Bee Biology Road. The garden is open dawn to dusk at no charge. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sharing a Plum
A HONEY BEE and a hover fly, aka flower fly, share a plum blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Heavy Load
PACKING a heavy load of pollen, a honey bee buzzing toward a plum blossom appears to be "plum-tired." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Friday, March 11, 2011 at
8:21 PM
It's not just honey bees that forage among the cape mallows in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at...
Hover Fly on Cape Mallow
HOVER FLY foraging on cape mallow at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. The haven is known as a half-acre "bee friendly garden," but it's also a "pollinator-friendly garden." Located on Bee Biology Road, west of the central campus, it is open year-around from dawn to dusk. Admission is free.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up
CLOSE-UP of hover fly, aka flower fly, on cape mallow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Posted on
Friday, February 25, 2011 at
6:00 PM
Mellow yellow! The butterflies are back!
We spotted a bright yellow butterfly nectaring a bush...
Orange Sulphur Butterfly
A MALE orange sulphur butterfly (Colias eurythme) nectars a bush germander on Feb. 7 at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sharing Air Space
YELLOW AIRCRAFT and a yellow butterfly shared air space off Bee Biology Road on Feb. 7. This plane was practicing its takeoffs and landings at the University Airport. An apparent show of mimicry? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at
8:01 PM