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Learn About the Diversity of Bees in This UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Month Program
Talk about diverse. The bee world exemplifies diversity and the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum...
A honey bee in flight, packing red pollen from a rock purslane. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, formerly known as Xylocopa varipuncta. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, which the late Robbin Thorp of UC Davis called "the teddy bear bee." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on the tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male leafcutter bee, Megachile spp., foraging on rock purslane. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Male longhorned bees, Melissodes agilis, asleep on a Tithonia blossom. Females return to their nest at night; males cluster outside. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, on a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female leafcutting bee, Megachile fidelis, foraging on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's All About the Birds and the Bees and the Flowers and the...
It's all about the birds and the bees and the flowers and the... Think birds and bats, honey bees...
A honey bee loading up on mustard pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A native bee, Melissodes agilis, on the move as it zooms over a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Specimens showcased at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, which is a participating in the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch butterfly spreads its wings in this photo, taken in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This lion specimen is part of the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Look at 'Miss Bee Haven'
If you've ever visited the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis, you've...
The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven's "Miss Bee Haven" sculpture is the most photographed bee in the garden. Children love to touch it and climb it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honeysuckle framed "Miss Bee Haven" in the early years of the garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee-ing There at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day
The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven drew scores of families at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum...
A six-foot-long worker bee, the work of self-described "rock artist" Donna Billick of Davis, anchors the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Youngsters checked out the display of bee specimens, which ranged from honey bees to carpenter bees to sweat bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A couple reads the information on a sign displayed in the haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An informative sign in the bee garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Youngsters scooped up honey bees using a catch-and-release bee vacuum. The late native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp (1933-2019) initially used the device to catch, identify and monitor bees and showed youngsters how to participate. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This youngster pondered his catch in the bee garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Volunteers at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven await visitors during the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Benches, donated by the California State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (under the leadership of then State Regent Debra Jamison of Fresno), are a good spot to relax, enjoy the garden, and check your email. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why UC Davis Campus Is Place to 'Bee' on Sept. 28
The UC Davis campus is the place to "bee" on Saturday, Sept. 28. The UC Davis Department of...
Lupine seeds will be among the native wildflower seeds available at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden plant sale on Saturday, Sept. 28. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
