Posts Tagged: Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven
A Look at 'Miss Bee Haven'

If you've ever visited the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis, you've...
The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven's "Miss Bee Haven" sculpture is the most photographed bee in the garden. Children love to touch it and climb it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honeysuckle framed "Miss Bee Haven" in the early years of the garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee-ing There at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven drew scores of families at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum...
A six-foot-long worker bee, the work of self-described "rock artist" Donna Billick of Davis, anchors the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Youngsters checked out the display of bee specimens, which ranged from honey bees to carpenter bees to sweat bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A couple reads the information on a sign displayed in the haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An informative sign in the bee garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Youngsters scooped up honey bees using a catch-and-release bee vacuum. The late native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp (1933-2019) initially used the device to catch, identify and monitor bees and showed youngsters how to participate. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This youngster pondered his catch in the bee garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Volunteers at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven await visitors during the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Benches, donated by the California State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (under the leadership of then State Regent Debra Jamison of Fresno), are a good spot to relax, enjoy the garden, and check your email. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why UC Davis Campus Is Place to 'Bee' on Sept. 28

The UC Davis campus is the place to "bee" on Saturday, Sept. 28. The UC Davis Department of...
Lupine seeds will be among the native wildflower seeds available at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden plant sale on Saturday, Sept. 28. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Making of a Bee Garden at UC Davis

The making of a bee garden... It was the fall of 2009 when a half-acre bee garden on Bee Biology...
This photo, taken in 2010, shows the makings of the bee garden on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis campus. It was installed in the fall of 2009. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Distinguished emeritus professor of entomology, Robbin Thorp (Aug. 26, 1933-June 7, 2019), detected more than 80 species of bees in the garden. This image was taken in April 2011. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Professor Diane Ullman, former chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, with bee boxes that her students made for the bee garden. She and artist Donna Billick co-founded and co-directed the UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program and provided art for the bee garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The bee garden today, 10 years later. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bugs and Bees, Bees and Bugs

Bugs and bees. Bees and bugs. That's what's on the menu--or that's what's buzzing--over the next...
A honey bee heading toward a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta, nectaring on germander, Teucrium chamaedrys. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on the tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)