A Fly By

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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.

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
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
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