Posts Tagged: Miss Bee Haven

The Making of a Bee

Take one nationally celebrated artist and one nationally renowned entomologist. Blend together. Add their deep concern for the declining honey bee population. Then just add bees. Ceramic bees. Northern California artist Donna Billick and UC Davis...

The Miss Bee Haven Project starts with a lump of clay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Miss Bee Haven Project starts with a lump of clay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Special tools are used. The hole is for a metal rod. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Special tools are used. The hole is for a metal rod. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Paint is added next. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Paint is added next. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wings receive special treatment. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wings receive special treatment. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Almost ready to fire in the kiln. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Almost ready to fire in the kiln. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The finished product: a ceramic bee on a metal rod. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The finished product: a ceramic bee on a metal rod. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Miss Bee Haven

Undergraduate degree in genetics? Check. Master’s degree in fine arts? Check.Scientist and artist? Check. Such is the case with scientist-artist Donna Billick, who created the “Miss Bee Haven” six-foot bee sculpture in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven...

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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