If the praying mantis were six feet tall, what an incredible space alien it would make.It's a...
Praying Mantis
PRAYING MANTIS searches for prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
On the Hunt
PRAYING MANTIS is equipped with keen eyesight, a rotating head and spiked forelegs that grab and grasp its prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Up Close
ARE YOU DINNER?--This could be the last thing seen by prey captured by a praying mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at
8:50 PM
Drones--male bees--are a favorite of youthful visitors at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee...
Emerging Drone
A DRONE, a male bee, emerges from a drone comb. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Thank you
ELIZABETH FROST, staff research associate and beekeeper at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis, displays the clever thank-you card made by second graders at the Grace Valley Christian Academy, Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Colorful Bees
COLORFUL BEES, created by second graders at the Grace Valley Christian Academy, Davis, decorate the inside of the thank-you card, given to Elizabeth Frost (shown), staff research associate at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Monday, July 26, 2010 at
6:18 PM
It was bound to happen.As soon as New York City lifted its ban on backyard (and rooftop)...
Tending Bees
SUSAN COBEY, bee breeder-geneticist at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis, tends her bees with beekeeper-employee Tylan Selby, an entomology major at UC Davis. Selby's family members are commercial beekeepers in the Chico area. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Honey Bee
THE HONEY BEE is the object of much attention, as urban beekeeping takes hold. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, July 8, 2010 at
9:34 PM
The garden is lookin' good.That would be the half-acre Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a bee friendly...
Jackie Cheng
SEASIDE DAISIES--Jackie Cheng, a junior majoring in environmental policy analysis and planning at UC Davis, works in a patch of seaside daisies at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee on Seaside Daisies
HONEY BEE forages among the seaside daises at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a half-acre bee friendly garden at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
View from an Almond Tree
VIEW from the shade of an almond tree (foreground) at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven shows some of the many plants. Next to the almond tree (see pink ribbon) is a tower of jewels that will reach 9 to 10 feet high next spring and feature a cascade of pinkish-red blossoms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at
7:27 PM
A hover fly, not a bee.Passersby admiring the gazania blooming outside the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr....
Hover Fly
HOVER FLY, aka flower fly, foraging on gazania outside the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. The hover fly is often mistaken for a bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-Up
CLOSE-UP of hover fly on a gazania, a drought-tolerant ground cover native to South Africa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garey)
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Friday, May 28, 2010 at
2:22 PM