Posts Tagged: Melissa Borel

Sex Amid the Artichokes

What the world needs now is "love, sweet love" and...more ladybugs.Ladybeetles are our friends. They gobble up aphids and other pests in our garden,...

Ladybugs

LADYBUGS on artichoke leaf. Soon, more beneficial insects in the garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Same Ladybugs

SAME LADYBUGS, same artichoke plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Beneath a Leaf

THE LADYBUGS crawled beneath an artichoke leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Food for Bees, Food for Humans

One of the many enduring features of the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the University of California, Davis, is the inclusion of fruit trees, garden...

Huge Artichoke Plant

HUGE ARTICHOKE PLANT graces the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. Here are two of the key people involved in the management and maintenance of the garden and the volunteer coordination: Melissa "Missy" Borel (left) the program manager of the California Center for Urban Horticulture at UC Davis, and newly graduated UC Davis student Alyssa Andersen. Andersen, majoring in environmental horticulture and urban forestry, worked at the garden until receiving her bachelor's degree this month from UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Onion Seed Ball

HONEY BEES work the onions planted at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Foraging Bee

HONEY BEE forages in onions at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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