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Hey, Honey Bee, I'll Race You to the Flowers!

A honey bee and a bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, head for the same patch of lavender. This image was taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hey, honey bee, I'll race you to the flowers. Okay, but you'll lose. I can go faster. Watch...

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Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 5:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Apis mellifera (13), Bombus melanopygus (1), bumble bee (7), Bumble Bees of North America (1), California Bees and Blooms (2), honey bee (183), Robbin Thorp (10)

Three's a Crowd: The Saga of Two Stink Bugs and a Bee

Find the redshouldered stink bugs in the lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

So, here we are, a couple of stink bugs hidden in the lavender. Unnoticed. Undetected....

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Posted on Friday, June 9, 2017 at 4:21 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: honey bee (183), lavender (7), redshouldered stink bugs (1), stink bugs (1), three''s a crowd (1), Thyanta pallidovirens (1)

Not a Good Day for the Jumping Spider

A honey bee narrowly avoids the outstretched jumping spider, a Phidippus audax. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes you go hungry. Take the case of the huge jumping spider (a...

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Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 3:08 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bold jumping spider (1), honey bee (183), jumping spider (4), Phidippus audax (1), predator (2), prey (3), Spanish lavender (3)

Helicoptering in on the Spanish Lavender

A honey bee nectaring on Spanish lavender. This was taken with a Nikon D500 and a 200mm macro lens. Settings: ISO 3200, f-stop 13, and shutter speed of 1/640 of a second. No flash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

If you like writing with light (photography), then you'll probably love capturing images of honey...

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Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 4:49 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Amina Harris (3), California Honey Festival (1), Eric Mussen (19), honey bee (183), Lavandula stoechas (1), Spanish lavender (3), Steve Sheppard (1), UC Davis Bee Symposium (1), Western Apicultural Society (2)

A Delightful Find

The egg case or ootheca of a praying mantis, is attached to the stem of a lavender plant. Note the small hole on the left, near the top--the exit hole of a parasitoid, according to Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Any day's a good day when you find the ootheca (egg case) of a praying mantis in your yard. It's...

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Posted on Monday, February 27, 2017 at 3:40 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (3), egg case (1), honey bee (183), Lynn Kimsey (5), ootheca (1), praying mantis (12), predators (1)

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