It's not just the honey bees that will be foraging in the half-acre Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on...
Tiny Hover Fly
THIS TINY HOVER FLY is nectaring on a strawberry blossom at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a half-acre bee friendly garden being developed on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. This hover fly is most likely from the genus Paragus sp., said UC Davis emeritus professor and pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Dragonfly on Sage
THIS VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK DRAGONFLY, Sympetrum corrugatum, family Libellulidae, rests on sage at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Monday, October 5, 2009 at
6:20 PM
Don't know if silence is GOLDEN, but Italian honey bees definitely are.Early morning Saturday, I...
ITALIAN HONEY BEE forages for nectar on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
EARLY MORNING SUN warms a honey bee as she nectars on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Monday, September 7, 2009 at
5:11 PM
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Honey bees love catmint as much as cats love catnip.
Fact is, catmint and catnip belong to the...
Honey Bee
HONEY BEE, with tongue extended, heads for catmint (Nepeta faassenii). This will be among the plants in the half-acre Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, to be open to the public Oct. 16 on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Nectaring
WITH POLLEN crowning her head, a honey bee nectars catmint. It's a bee favorite and a people favorite.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Monday, August 10, 2009 at
5:10 PM
The Baxter House is no more.
The UC Davis Fire Department burned it down yesterday.
It's gone,...
Going in
GOING IN--UC Davis firefighters rush into the Baxter House for a control burn, part of a training exercise led by assistant chief Nathan Trauernicht. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Engulfed
ENGULFED IN FLAMES, the Baxter House burns rapidly to the ground Tuesday in a control burn. That's UC Davis police detective Paul Henoch capturing an image of the flaming building. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Up in Flames
UC DAVIS student resident firefighter Chelsea Johnstone watches the flames during the control burn. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Glowing Embers
GLOWING EMBERS, soon reduced to rubble. The Baxter House site will be an access road to the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gone
GONE--Nothing remains of the Baxter House but the chimney and rubble. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at
6:41 PM
A field of dreams, for a honey bee, almost certainly would be a field of lavender.
Call it what...
Honey Bee on Lavender
HONEY BEE nectaring on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Delicate wings
DELICATE WINGS of a honey bee look like a bridal veil as as she nectars on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Friday, May 29, 2009 at
5:37 PM