Nov 4, 2010
What's a fly doing there?
Just soaking up the sun.
A fly that landed on one of the two colorfully painted beehive columns that grace the entrance to the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the University of California, Davis, seemed like part of the scene.
The haven, a half-acre bee friendly garden planted next to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, draws many a visitor--and many an insect. It is open year around.
We spotted this fly next to a painting of a honey bee in flight.
It knows a good spot when it sees one.
Attached Images:
![BETWEEN THE BRANCHES--A beehive column, as seen through the branches of an olive tree at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. The bee box (fourth from bottom) shows a honey bee in flight with a close-up below. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) BETWEEN THE BRANCHES--A beehive column, as seen through the branches of an olive tree at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. The bee box (fourth from bottom) shows a honey bee in flight with a close-up below. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/5417.jpg)
Between the Branches
![FLY BY--A fly (bottom left) lands next to a colorfully painted honey bee at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. This is a close-up of the bee box (fourth from bottom) above. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) FLY BY--A fly (bottom left) lands next to a colorfully painted honey bee at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at UC Davis. This is a close-up of the bee box (fourth from bottom) above. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/blogfiles/5418.jpg)
Fly By