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
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Bring on the asters.When you visit the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr....
Sweat Bee
SWEAT BEE, a female Svastra obliqua expurgata, forages on a purple coneflower at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven in this autumn scene. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Metallic Green Sweat Bee
SUMMER VISIT--A metallic green sweat bee visits a purple coneflower at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey Bee and Bumble Bee
HONEY BEE and yellow-faced bumble bee last summer shared a purple coneflower at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee Sculpture
'MISS BEE HAVEN,' a six-foot-long bee sculpture by Donna Billick of Davis, towers over a ceramic purple dome aster. The ceramic flower is the work of Davis artist Sarah Rizzo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, February 3, 2011 at
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Tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb. 2) marks the 125th annual Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney, Pa.,...
Honey Bee on Cape Mallow
HONEY BEE could be our groundhog weather predictor here in California. If she exits the hive and visits the cape mallow in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis, spring will come early. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Let Me In
HONEY BEE burrows into a cape mallow, much like the groundhog burrows into its burrow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The End
WHETHER it's a groundhog determining the weather or a honey bee determining the weather, at least the honey bee does it in sunny weather. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at
10:12 PM
One of the spectacular plants blooming in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, the half-acre bee...
Cape Mallow
PLANTS in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven are labeled so visitors can identify them and glean ideas what to plant in their own gardens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lovin' the Mallow
HONEY BEE gathers nectar from a cape mallow blossom at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wallowing in Mallow
ATTRACTION COMPLETE, a honey bee from the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility is captured wallowing in the mallow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 at
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What's a fly doing there?Just soaking up the sun.A fly that landed on one of the two colorfully...
Between the Branches
BETWEEN THE BRANCHES--A beehive column, as seen through the branches of an olive tree at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. The bee box (fourth from bottom) shows a honey bee in flight with a close-up below. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Fly By
FLY BY--A fly (bottom left) lands next to a colorfully painted honey bee at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. This is a close-up of the bee box (fourth from bottom) above. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, November 4, 2010 at
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