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
8:34 PM
A gigantic bee sculpture and bee hive columns are major attractions at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee...
Bee Sculpture
BEE SCULPTURE, titled "Miss Bee Haven," graces the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. It is the work of noted artist Donna Billick. The ceramic tiles on the bench and the bee hive columns (back) are the work of the UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Side View
SIDE VIEW of the bee sculpture shows the names of major donors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee Hive Column
CLOSE-UP of one of the bee hive columns at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. The garden is open year-around. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, October 28, 2010 at
10:54 AM
The purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is a favorite among the autumn plants blooming in...
Duo
AN ITALIAN BEE (left) and a New World Carniolan bee forage on a purple coneflower at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pollinator Partners
TOUCHING--An Italian bee (left) and a New World Carniolan brush against one another on a purple coneflower in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Been Haven at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-Up
CLOSE-UP of an Italian bee and a New World Carniolan sharing a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at
9:42 PM
What the world needs now is "love, sweet love" and...more ladybugs.Ladybeetles are our friends....
Ladybugs
LADYBUGS on artichoke leaf. Soon, more beneficial insects in the garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Same Ladybugs
SAME LADYBUGS, same artichoke plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Beneath a Leaf
THE LADYBUGS crawled beneath an artichoke leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Monday, October 4, 2010 at
8:06 PM
She didn't come home last night.
The little honey bee at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee...
Bee Gone
BEE GONE--A webweaving spider with "breakfast," a honey bee in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee and the Spider
PREDATOR munches on its prey, a New World Carniolan bee, reared by UC Davis bee geneticist-breeder Susan Cobey, who also does research for Washington State University. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, September 16, 2010 at
6:19 PM