Bug Squad

The folks who devote their entire lives to honey bees--how do they begin?

The times, they change. Standard textbook knowledge, that can change, too. It did today.

The mighty Monarch butterfly and the industrious honey bee. How rare we see them together on the same flower. But that was the case last Friday at the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a half-acre bee friendly garden planted next to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.

It's a matter of A, B, C. "A" is for Argentina. "B" is for bees. And "C" is for Cobey.

Will the real honey bee stand up? Not all bees are honey bees and not all floral visitors that look like bees are bees. Sometimes they're flies. A recent trip to the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a half-acre bee friendly garden located next to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.