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Golden Moments

It blooms in winter and the bees love it. Winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum), a rambling...

SIX-PETALED FLOWER

SIX-PETALED FLOWER--A honey bee forages on a winter jasmine in the Storer Gardens, University of California, Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

BEE HUG
BEE HUG

BEE HUG--If there ever were a "bee hug," this is it. This honey bee is totally wrapped around the winter jasmine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

BEE IN BLOSSOM

BEE IN BLOSSOM--A honey bee checks out the winter jasmine in the Storer Gardens on Jan. 24, 2009 at the University of California, Davis. Note the golden pollen on her leg.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

HEAD FIRST

HEAD FIRST--Oblivious to everything but the blossom of this winter jasmine, a pollen-packing honey bee dives in. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 4:52 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Haagen-Dazs (7), Jasminum nudiflorum (1), Storer Gardens (4), winter jasmine (2)

Christmas Cheer

I always thought the red-hot poker was primarily red. Not. This one in the Storer Gardens at the...

Honey Bee

BEELINE--A pollen-packed honey bee makes a beeline for a red-hot poker, variety "Christmas Cheer," in the Storer Gardens at UC Davis. The date: Dec. 20, five days before Christmas. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Red-Hot Poker in Storer Gardens

RED-HOT POKER--The red-hot poker, variety "Christmas Cheer," brightens the Storer Gardens at UC Davis. A bench awaits visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, December 25, 2008 at 7:02 AM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Christmas cheer (4), honey bee (259), Kniphofia (5), red-hot poker (3), Storer Gardens (4), UC Davis (421)

Pity the Poor Caterpillar

Pity the poor caterpillar. Here you are, minding your own business, and this tachinid fly comes...

The parasitic tachinid fly feeds on nectar in the Storer Gardens, UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 4:42 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: caterpillar (14), Storer Gardens (4), Tachindae (1), tachinid fly (8)

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