Posts Tagged: Xerces Society

When Monarch Butterflies Skip Meals

Got milkweed?  If not, monarch butterflies are in a heap of trouble.  An interesting study just published in journal PLOS One by...

Monarch butterfly sightings are becoming more uncommon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Monarch butterfly sightings are becoming more uncommon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Monarch butterfly grabbing a sip of nectar from lantana. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Monarch butterfly grabbing a sip of nectar from lantana. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The 100 Most Endangered Species

The world's "100 Most Endangered Species" are back in the news again, and well they should be. Back in 2012, The International Union for...

Robbin Thorp with his computer screen showing a photo he took of Franklin's bumble bee, one of the world's 100 most endangered species. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Robbin Thorp with his computer screen showing a photo he took of Franklin's bumble bee, one of the world's 100 most endangered species. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This macro image of Franklin's bumble bee is the work of Robbin Thorp.

This macro image of Franklin's bumble bee is the work of Robbin Thorp.

Robbing Nectar

We all take short cuts--short cuts around the campus, to the beach, to a favorite restaurant... Honey bees take short cuts, too. We've often...

Carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, robbing nectar from salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, robbing nectar from salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee gathering nectar from a carpenter bee's pierced hole in the long tube of a salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee gathering nectar from a carpenter bee's pierced hole in the long tube of a salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Another honey bee reaping the benefits of nectar robbing by a carpenter bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Another honey bee reaping the benefits of nectar robbing by a carpenter bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Saving the Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee

It's good to see that the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and noted bumble bee expert Robbin Thorp of UC Davis have filed a petition...

Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp of UC Davis is a nationally known expert on bumble bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp of UC Davis is a nationally known expert on bumble bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This photo of the rusty-patched bumble bee is the 2012 work of Christy Stewart at the Pheasant Branch Conservancy in Wisconsin.

his photo of the rusty-patched bumble bee is the 2012 work of Christy Stewart at the Pheasant Branch Conservancy in Wisconsin.

The Importance of Pollinators

It's a brief appearance but the message is important. Pollination ecologist Neal Williams, assistant professor of entomology at UC Davis, appears...

Pollination ecologist Neal Williams of UC Davis with native bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pollination ecologist Neal Williams of UC Davis with native bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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