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Celebrating the Honey Bees and Earth Day

Doom or gloom? Boom or bloom? Today is Earth Day, and millions of folks around the world stopped--at least for a moment--to pay tribute to the 46th...

Two honey bees forage in the tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Two honey bees forage in the tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A cordovan honey bee dives head first in a tower of jewels blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A cordovan honey bee dives head first in a tower of jewels blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee, its tongue or proboscis extended, heads for a nectar treat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee, its tongue or proboscis extended, heads for a nectar treat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Good Things Come in Twos, Too!

There's an old saying that "good things come in threes." Well, they also come in twos. When insect photographers manage to get two insects in the...

A pair of mating Gulf Fritillary butterflies on a passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A pair of mating Gulf Fritillary butterflies on a passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Two female Valley carpenter bees sharing a passion flower. Note the Gulf Fritillary caterpillar.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Two female Valley carpenter bees sharing a passion flower. Note the Gulf Fritillary caterpillar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Two female sweat bees, Halictus ligatus, on a goldenrod. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Two female sweat bees, Halictus ligatus, on a goldenrod. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wearing of the Green

It's St. Patrick's Day tomorrow and time for "The Wearing of the Green." "The Wearing of the Green" is actually an Irish street ballad dating back...

Male green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, nectaring on a seaside daisy, Erigeron glaucus Wayne Roderick at Tomales Bay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Male green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, nectaring on a seaside daisy, the Erigeron glaucus Wayne Roderick at Tomales Bay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of metallic green sweat bee, a male. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of metallic green sweat bee, a male. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Female metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Female metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Mother's Day Delight

Mother's Day, insect-style, dawned like any other day. In our back yard, golden honey bees foraged in the lavender and those ever-so-tiny sweat bees...

Italian honey bee foraging on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Italian honey bee foraging on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sweat bee (genus Lasioglossum) visiting rock purslane. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sweat bee (genus Lasioglossum) visiting rock purslane. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug, aka lady beetle, chasing aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug, aka lady beetle, chasing aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Haven for Diversity

The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, University of California, Davis, is a study...

Sharing

HONEY BEE (Apis mellifera) and a yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) share a purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. The grand opening celebration of the half-acre garden, planted last fall, is set from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11.

Two Bees

HONEY BEE and a sweat bee occupy a purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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