It's not just honey bees that forage among the cape mallows in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at...
Hover Fly on Cape Mallow
HOVER FLY foraging on cape mallow at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. The haven is known as a half-acre "bee friendly garden," but it's also a "pollinator-friendly garden." Located on Bee Biology Road, west of the central campus, it is open year-around from dawn to dusk. Admission is free.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up
CLOSE-UP of hover fly, aka flower fly, on cape mallow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Friday, February 25, 2011 at
6:00 PM
One of the spectacular plants blooming in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, the half-acre bee...
Cape Mallow
PLANTS in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven are labeled so visitors can identify them and glean ideas what to plant in their own gardens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lovin' the Mallow
HONEY BEE gathers nectar from a cape mallow blossom at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wallowing in Mallow
ATTRACTION COMPLETE, a honey bee from the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility is captured wallowing in the mallow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 at
7:57 PM