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
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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
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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
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When the Antioch Charter Academy, a middle school in Contra Costa County, toured the Harry H....
Apiary Tour
BEEKEEPER Elizabeth Frost shows a frame to students at the Antioch Charter Academy, a middle school in Contra Costa County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Many Colors of Pollen
STUDENTS at the Antioch Charter Academy viewed the many colors of pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Taste of Honey
A HIGHLIGHT of the Antioch Charter Academy's tour of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility: a taste of honey, straight from a frame. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Drone
DRONES, male honey bees that have no stingers, were objects of interest during the tour of the UC Davis apiary. The drone's sole purpose is to mate with a virgin queen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Friday, May 7, 2010 at
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The half-acre garden, the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven planted last fall at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr....
View of the garden
THIS VIEW of the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven shows the almond tree where a giant bee sculpture will be. To the left, by the front gate, will be a two-column hive sculpture. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Donna Billick
ARTIST Donna Billick shows a ceramic tile she created that will be placed on the donor bench. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Diane Ullman
ENTOMOLOGIST-ARTIST Diane Ullman looks at the two-column hive sculpture that will be placed at the entrance to the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. The public opening is set Sept. 11. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, April 22, 2010 at
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