UC Davis Bee Haven | Entomology and Nematology

The UC Davis Bee Haven, located on Bee Biology Road, was installed in the fall of 2009. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Helping the UC Davis Honey Bee Haven During UC Davis Give Day

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
March 31, 2025

The UC Davis Bee Haven, maintained by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is one of the beneficiaries of the UC Davis Give Day, now underway through 4:59 p.m., Saturday, Apri1 12. This is the ninth annual philanthropic event coinciding with the campuswide UC Davis Picnic Day.

Samantha Murray, a beekeeper, harpist and student, is the newly selected garden coordinator at the UC Davis Bee Haven.

The Haven's New Garden Coordinator

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
January 03, 2025

Hearing a queen bee piping is music to her ears. So is the shimmering sound of the harp.

Meet Samantha Murray, the newly selected garden coordinator of the UC Davis Bee Haven, a pollinator and demonstration garden installed in the fall of 2009 by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT). Although undergoing restoration since last summer, The Haven continues to be open to the public from dawn to dusk.

Miss Bee Haven, a ceramic-mosaic sculpture by self-described "rock artist" Donna Billick of Davis

UC Davis Bee Haven to Celebrate 15th Anniversary

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
March 26, 2024

The UC Davis Bee Haven will celebrate its 15th anniversary with an open house from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, April 6.

The half-acre garden, a project of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is located next to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, west of the central campus.