Bug Squad

It's almost like peppermint candy. The red and white blossoms that grace the mint bush sage (Salvia microhylla) draw their share of bees. It's a late bloomer in the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, University of California, Davis.

It's a stunning piece of work. It's a three-dimensional paper sculpture of a queen bee. Noted artist Marilyn Judson (right) of Davis created the paper sculpture (below) now on display in the "Sticky Business: Art of the Honey Bee" show that runs through Dec. 23 at the Pence Gallery, 212 D St.

It's a honey of a book. Honey bee expert Norman Gary, emeritus professor of apiculture at the University of California, Davis, is the author of a newly published book on beginning beekeeping titled Honey Bee Hobbyist: The Care and Keeping of Bees.

One of the highlights of the 58th annual Entomological Society of America meeting in San Diego, Dec. 12-15 is the Linnaean Games.

Nature is more a world of scents than a source of noise. That quote sound familiar? Chemical ecologist Jacques Le Magnen (1916-2002) said that back in 1970.