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In Defense of Our Lives, In Defense of Our Hives
It's Veterans' Day, the day we officially salute, honor and commemorate our military...
A sign in front of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis includes a skep with a hole tunneling to a hive in the back. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A guard bee defending her hive from possible intruders. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hey There, Pumpkin! Prey Tell, Is That a Praying Mantis?
Hey there, pumpkin! Prey tell, is that a praying mantis stalking a bee? Well, if your name is...
A praying mantis "shopping for bees" on a sunflower, became the subject of one of Allan Jones' carved pumpkins. (Photo by Allan Jones)
The mantis-and-bee image that Allan Jones captured became a fanciful pumpkin. (Photo by Allan Jones)
Images of a luna moth, Actias luna, found a home on one of Allan Jones' pumpkins. (Photo by Allan Jones)
Allan Jones depicted the colorful Western tiger swallowtails, Papilio rutulus, on this pumpkin. (Photo by Allan Jones)
Hey, Wait, Take Me With You!
Hey, wait, take me with you! No, leave me alone! Let me go! Have you ever seen insects struggling...
A honey bee frantically struggles to escape from a reproductive chamber of a milkweed blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey
Right, left, up and down, the honey bee tries to free herself from the milkweed "floral trap." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This honey bee finally managed to free herself and then returned to forage for more nectar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This honey bee couldn't free herself from the reproductive chamber of the milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey
Close Encounter of a Long-Horned Bee and a Honey Bee
So, here you are, a honey bee nectaring on a Mexican sunflower,...
A male long-horned bee, Melissodes agilis, targets a honey bee nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. This was shot with a shutter speed set at 1/5000 of a second. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The honey bee lifts a foreleg in defense as the long-horned bee takes flight. Image shot at 1/5000 of a second. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This Spider Went for Plan Bee
The spider failed to snag a butterfly, so it went for Plan Bee. That would be the honey bee,...
A spider executes Plan Bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
