Posts Tagged: Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven
UC Davis Bee Garden Open House on May 12
Did you celebrate National Public Gardens Day today (Friday, May 11)? Yes? It's always held the...
A male valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta, nectaring on a California native, foothill penstomen, Penstemon heterophyllus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, is a frequent visitor to the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. Note the spider lurking beneath the zinnia blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
California golden poppies and bulbine brighten the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a half-acre bee garden on Bee Biology Road, west of the central UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is Miss Bee Haven, a mosaic-ceramic sculpture that anchors Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. It is the work of self-described "rock artist" Donna Billick of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Review of Costco's Solitary Bee House
I've had several questions recently about the Bambeco solitary bee house sold at Costco...
Color Selection in the Bee Garden: A Few Examples
My last post covered the use of color in garden design from the perspective of what bees see. While...
Why Aren't There More Women in Beekeeping?
Why aren't there more women in beekeeping? According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 31...
When it comes to gender, most beekeepers are males. In national beekeeping groups women represent less than a third of leadership positions, according to the Bee Culture magazine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Beekeeper Sharon Schmidt (left), who founded the Cascade Girl Organization in Oregon and serves as its volunteer executive director, talks to Amina Harris, executive director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center at the 2017 UC Davis Bee Symposium. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bees draw the attention of both men and women, but more men than women are beekeepers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
'Explore Diversity' at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Diversity Day on Saturday, Feb. 17
(Editor's Note: The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology will showcase three museums or...
Some 500 people attended the Biodiverity Museum Day at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven last year. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Christine Casey (seated left), manager of the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven and student assistant Paola Pomery greet guests at the 2017 Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Visitors at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven engage in a catch-and-release activity--catching bees, observing them and releasing them--at the 2017 Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This was the scene at the 2017 Biodiversity Museum Day in the Sciences Laboratory Building, overlooking the nematode display. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Graduate student and nematologist Corwin Parker looks through a microscope at the 2017 Biodiversity Museum Day activities at the Sciences Laboratory Building. Standing at far left: Laura Grimm, animal science biology major. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Thousands of visitors toured the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the 2017 Biodiversity Museum Day. "Rhino beetles" are in the foreground. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the butterfly and moth collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, answers questions at the 2017 Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)