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Bumble bee on bull thistle at Bodega Bay
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In Celebration of Bee Art

April 28th, 2010
Mark your calendars. Saturday, May 8 is the "Bees at The Bee" art show. The art show, featuring the work of bee artists from throughout much of Northern California, is a benefit for honey bee research at the University of California, Davis.
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From New Guinea to UC Davis

April 27th, 2010
A lecture that UC Davis entomologists and friends of entomology are eagerly looking forward to will take place at noon tomorrow (Wednesday, April 28) in 122 Briggs Hall, Kleiber Drive.
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HONEY BEE zeroes in on a ruby-red blossom. (Copyrighted Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Tower of Bees

April 26th, 2010
"The tower of jewels" ought to be called "the tower of bees." This spectacular plant attracts bees like a honey-laden hive does hungry bears. The tower of jewels (Echium wildprettii), native to the Canary Islands, is a biennal; it flowers only in the second year and then dies.
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Poster Child

April 23rd, 2010
It's amazing what a little Photoshopping can do to a bee on blue. We captured an image this week of a pollen-packing honey bee on Phacelia campanularia, also known as California blue bells or desert blue bells. It's a deep inky-blue wildflower that's native to southwestern deserts of California.
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Art Friendly, Bee Friendly, People Friendly

April 22nd, 2010
The half-acre garden, the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven planted last fall at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis, is not only bee friendly but it will be art friendly.
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