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Bee My Valentine!

Bee my Valentine! Did the honey bee ever say that to a pink flowering quince? Probably not.  But she did buzz over there for some nectar and...

A honey bee foraging on a flowering quince. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee foraging on a flowering quince. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Of Bugs and Plants and Eagles...and More...

Of bugs and plants and eagles...and more... The 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, set Saturday, Feb. 18 on the university campus, will...

The Bohart Museum of Entomology's live petting zoo draws scores of visitors. Here a youngster gets acquainted with a stick insect, aka walking stick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Bohart Museum of Entomology's live petting zoo draws scores of visitors. Here a youngster gets acquainted with a stick insect, aka walking stick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Center for Plant Diversity, aka Herbarium, located in the Esau Science Hall, includes a petting zoo. Visitors can "pet" pine cones. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Center for Plant Diversity, aka Herbarium, located in the Esau Science Hall, includes a petting zoo. Visitors can "pet" pine cones. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Raptor Center volunteer Billy Thein introduces the crowd to a golden eagle during a UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Raptor Center volunteer Billy Thein introduces the crowd to a golden eagle during a UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Know your plants! This group of young visitors at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden display gets acquainted with plants. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Know your plants! This group of young visitors at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden display gets acquainted with plants. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day Officials Launch Crowdfunding Site

If you'd like to support the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, set Saturday, Feb. 18 on the UC Davis campus, you can do so in memory of a...

The newly launched Crowdfunding site for the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day looked like this early today.

The newly launched Crowdfunding site for the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day looked like this early today.

First to donate to the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day's crowdfunding effort was Jakob Jess, a MET Sacramento High School interning at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. He is currently lending his video/computer/website skills to the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day project. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

First to donate to the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day's crowdfunding effort was Jakob Jess, a MET Sacramento High School interning at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. He is currently lending his video/computer/website skills to the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day project. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Youngsters delighted in the treasures at the Marine Invertebrate Collection, part of the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Youngsters delighted in the treasures at the Marine Invertebrate Collection, part of the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The crowd engages with scientists and checks out the displays at the paleontology collection, UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The crowd engages with scientists and checks out the displays at the paleontology collection, UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Celebrate Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 13 at UC Davis!

Is your 2016 calendar up on the wall yet? Or are you calendaring everything on your smart phone? No matter how you keep track of your "things to...

The sign says it all. The fifth annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day is set Saturday, Feb. 13. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The sign says it all. The fifth annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day is set Saturday, Feb. 13. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, planted in the fall of 2009, will be among the venues at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. The bee sculpture, which anchors the garden on Bee Biology Road, is the work of Davis artist Donna Billick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, planted in the fall of 2009, will be among the venues at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. The bee sculpture, which anchors the garden on Bee Biology Road, is the work of Davis artist Donna Billick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Museum associate Robbin Thorp (center, in maroon shirt), distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis, volunteers at the open houses. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Museum associate Robbin Thorp (center, in maroon shirt), distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis, volunteers at the open houses. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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