Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven Content

THE DOWNLOAD: Steam Appears, Art Surprises, Bees Disappear

Cody Kitaura — February 07, 2017 - 9:00am

Most campus buildings are heated with steam pumped through a network of underground pipes. Overnight Thursday (Feb. 2), water flooded several of the underground vaults that house steam lines and other equipment needed to circulate it throughout campus. In this case, the flooding caused electrical shorts that temporarily disabled the pumps used to clear standing water from of the vaults. The mixture of cold rainwater and steaming hot pipes, led to steam escaping from a number of grates around campus.

Bees and Stars for National Public Gardens Day

Dave Jones — May 02, 2016 - 11:09am

So, you have to work this Friday (May 6), National Public Gardens Day? Not to worry. Come celebrate after work at two free events: an open house at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, followed by “Stargazing in the White Flower Garden,” in the arboretum.

BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM DAY: From Bones to Yeast and Everything in Between

Dave Jones — February 08, 2016 - 4:56pm

The bones and bugs are back, and so are the flowers and fish. But this year’s 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, Saturday (Feb. 13), will welcome even more diversity: nematodes and raptors, the arboretum and Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven — and even yeast!

In the event’s fifth year, the additions bring to 11 the number of research collections that the public is invited to see. The collections showcase natural history, biodiversity and the cultural-ecological interface.