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The Making of a Bee

Take one nationally celebrated artist and one nationally renowned entomologist. Blend together. Add...

The Miss Bee Haven Project starts with a lump of clay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Miss Bee Haven Project starts with a lump of clay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Special tools are used. The hole is for a metal rod. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Special tools are used. The hole is for a metal rod. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Paint is added next. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Paint is added next. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wings receive special treatment. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wings receive special treatment. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Almost ready to fire in the kiln. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Almost ready to fire in the kiln. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The finished product: a ceramic bee on a metal rod. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The finished product: a ceramic bee on a metal rod. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 10:36 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Diana Ullman (1), Donna Billick (44), making of a bee (1), Miss Bee Haven (3)

Miss Bee Haven

Undergraduate degree in genetics? Check. Master’s degree in fine arts? Check.Scientist and artist?...

Rock Artist

SELF-DESCRIBED rock artist Donna Billick with her sculpture, "Miss Bee Haven," at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-Up

BEE SCULPTURE created by Donna Billick is morphologically correct, says Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen. Below the bee is ceramic art by Davis artist Sarah Rizzo of a purple dome aster. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The End
The End

BUSINESS END of the honey bee. Donna Billick created this six-foot long bee sculpture, funded by Wells Fargo, for the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 7:49 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bee sculpture (1), Diane Ullman (71), Donna Billick (44), Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven (90), Miss Bee Haven (3), UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program (19)

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