Undergraduate degree in genetics? Check.
Master’s degree in fine arts? Check.Scientist and artist?...
Rock Artist
SELF-DESCRIBED rock artist Donna Billick with her sculpture, "Miss Bee Haven," 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
BEE SCULPTURE created by Donna Billick is morphologically correct, says Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen. Below the bee is ceramic art by Davis artist Sarah Rizzo of a purple dome aster. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The End
BUSINESS END of the honey bee. Donna Billick created this six-foot long bee sculpture, funded by Wells Fargo, for the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at
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The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, the half-acre bee friendly garden planted last fall next to the...
Sweat Bee
SWEAT BEE--This is a striped sweat bee, Halictus ligatus, on a Mexican hat flower (Ratibida columnifera) in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee
YELLOW-FACED bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, is one of three species of bumble bees detected in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. This bumble bee is foraging on a tower of jewels (Echium wildprettii). The haven's five towers of jewels will bloom in the spring. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Leafcutter Bee
ANOTHER BEE detected in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven is the leafcutter bee (Megachile sp.) This one is on a rock purslane (Calandrinia grandiflora). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sunflower Bee
SUNFLOWER BEE, Svastra obliqua expurgata, foraging on a sunflower head. This bee is one of more than 50 species of bees found in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at
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The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology...
Sharing
HONEY BEE (Apis mellifera) and a yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) share a purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. The grand opening celebration of the half-acre garden, planted last fall, is set from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11.
Two Bees
HONEY BEE and a sweat bee occupy a purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, July 22, 2010 at
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Honey bees have a "choke hold" on artichokes.
They absolutely love flowering artichokes.
Take the...
Lots of Bees
HONEY BEES head for the flowering artichokes at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hot Spot
HOT SPOT--These bees are all seeking the same nectar hot spot on a flowering artichoke. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Near Collision
CAUCASIAN BEE (left) and an Italian bee try to avoid a collision over a patch of flowering artichokes in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, July 15, 2010 at
8:55 PM
First it was the California poppies. Then the lupine.And now it's coreopsis, aka tickseed.It's...
Trio of Banners
TRIO OF BANNERS will accent the Campus Buzzway at UC Davis. One features lupine, another California golden poppies, and the third, coreopsis or tickseed. These are the three plants featured in the quarter-acre garden. Here Garry Pearson, UC Davis greenhouse supervisor, adjusts a banner. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Coreopsis
COREOPSIS, aka tickseed, is blooming in the Campus Buzzway, a quarter-acre wildflower garden at UC Davis. A banner touts the blooms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee on Coreopsis
HONEY BEE on coreopsis in the quarter-acre Campus Buzzway at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at
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