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)
Posted on
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)
Posted on
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)
Posted on
Thursday, September 16, 2010 at
6:19 PM
Some 1300 people, including beekeepers, entomologists, gardeners, nature lovers, and children--plus...
Beekeeping Chat
BEEKEEPER Frank Pendell of Pendell Apiaries, Stonyford, Calif., vice president of the California State Beekeepers' Association, chats with Dori Sera Bailey, director of consumer communications, Häagen-Dazs and Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream. In the back are visitors touring the garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Beekeepers
EXTENSION APICULTURIST Eric Mussen (left) discusses honey bee health with Brian Fishback, president of the Sacramento Area Beekeepers Association and Annie Bisbee of Concord, a three-year beekeeper who maintains five hives. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Native Pollinators
NATIVE POLLINATOR specialist Neal Williams, assistant professor of entomology, UC Davis Department of Entomology, gives a talk on native bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Surrounded by Sedum
HONEY BEE HAVEN looked glorious in its fall colors, including sedum (foreground). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee observation hive
BEE VIRUS RESEARCHER Michelle Flenniken, the Häagen-Dazs postdoctoral scholar connected to UC Davis and UC San Francisco, shows a bee observation hive to visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Posted on
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at
9:41 PM
Glory bee.
There are more than just honey bees in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven.
Think...
Bee on a coneflower
THIS BEE, a Svastra obliqua expurgata, forages on a purple coneflower in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology, is monitoring the many species of bees in the garden. To date: more than 50 over the last two years. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Carpenter Bee
CARPENTER BEE, a female Xylocopa varipuncta, on a black-eyed Susan planted in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tachinid Fly
TACHINID FLY at work in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. Tachinids parasitize other insects, especially caterpillars, beetle grubs and others, notes UC Davis native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Chomp, Chomp
YOU'RE LIKELY to encounter a praying mantis in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. This praying mantis is polishing off a winged critter. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Posted on
Friday, September 10, 2010 at
8:34 PM