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Day: January 17, 2016

Don’t worry, bee happy

Posted on 2016-01-172023-01-06 by Allison J. Gong

On a dreary day in mid-winter I stopped by the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, which is operated by my alma mater, UC Davis. I first visited the garden shortly after it opened to the public in 2009, when all the plants were babies. Even then it supported an astonishing array of honey bees and native…

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