Bug Squad

It's rare for any one person to serve five terms as president of an organization. But such is the case with Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, who took the helm of the Western Apicultural Society for five terms.

Honey bees have a "choke hold" on artichokes. They absolutely love flowering artichokes. Take the artichokes blooming in the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. Sometimes 10 or 15 bees try to gather on a single blossom.

It's fun seeing little children sharing a cone...an ice cream cone. But have you ever seen a bumble bee and honey bee sharing a cone (coneflower)? Such was the case this morning at the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, the half-acre bee friendly garden located next to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.

The honey bee sculpture that graces the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis is bee-u-tiful. It's the work of nationally renowned artist Donna Billick, based in Davis.

Ants, bees, flies and other insects--and people--ought to scatter from the Briggs Hall lawn on the UC Davis campus, on Friday afternoon, July 16. That's the date of the eighth annual Bruce Hammock Lab Water Balloon Battle, aka Bruce's Big Balloon Battle at Briggs.