If I were in charge, the praying mantis would eat only aphids, flies and stink bugs.No honey bees....
Camouflaged
PRAYING MANTIS clings to a purple coneflower (Echinacea pupurea) in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey Bee
UNSUSPECTING HONEY BEE is nailed by the praying mantis at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-Up
CLOSE-UP shot shows the praying mantis eating the honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Friday, August 27, 2010 at
7:56 PM
The wild roses planted last fall in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr....
Wild Rose
HONEY BEE forages on a wild rose in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-Up
CLOSE-UP of a honey bee savoring a wild rose in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Monday, July 19, 2010 at
9:46 PM
It's fun seeing little children sharing a cone...an ice cream cone.But have you ever seen a bumble...
Coneflower
BUMBLE BEE and a honey bee share a coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two Visitors
YELLOW-FACED bumble bee and a honey bee circle a coneflower at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Touching
TOUCHING--A bumble bee touches a honey bee on a coneflower at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Victory
YELLOW-FACED bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) emerges the victor on the coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at
8:04 PM
The honey bee sculpture that graces the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr....
Bee Sculpture
THIS HUGE BEE sculpture at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven is the work of nationally renowned artist Donna Billick, based in Davis. Those who donate $1000 to the honey bee haven will have their names placed on ceramic art tile below the sculpture. The deadline to pledge is July 20. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Donna Billick
NATIONALLY RENOWNED ARTIST Donna Billick of Davis created the bee sculpture at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. Here she shows some of the ceramic art work for the haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Diane Ullman
DIANE ULLMAN, an artist and an entomologist, shows the beehive sculptures created by the UC Davis Art Science Fusion Program. Ullman and Billick founded and direct the program. Ullman is an entomology professor at UC Davis and the associate dean for undergraduate academic programs at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at
6:58 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