Posts Tagged: Missy Borel

Her Name Was Olive

Her name was Olive. Every Friday morning she'd come bounding over to greet me, her tail wagging happily, one ear up, one ear down. I called her "My...

Olive attentively watches for Kris Kolb. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Olive attentively watches for Kris Kolb. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sarah Hodge pets Olive, while Kris Kolb gardens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sarah Hodge pets Olive, while Kris Kolb gardens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Olive faithfully follows Kris Kolb as she hauls away clippings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Olive faithfully follows Kris Kolb as she hauls away clippings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Lavishing the Lavender

If you built it (a field of dreams), they will come. And if you bring flowers, that's all the bettter. Melissa "Missy" Borel, program...

The Bee Man

THE BEE MAN, aka Eric Mussen, Cooperative Extension apiculturist and faculty member at UC Davis, talks to Fox 40 reporter Darsha Philips (center) and cameraman Andrew Faulk. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee on Lavender

BEE ON LAVENDER--A honey bee visits a potted Spanish lavender, Otto Quast, at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bee Friendly Plants

BEE FRIENDLY PLANTS--Lavender, salvia and stalked bulbine are among the scores of bee friendly plants that gardeners are encouraged to grow in their yards. Missy Borel of the California Center for Urban Horticulture, UC Davis, brought these plants for a television interview today at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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