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Posts Tagged: botanical
Phacelia! You're Breaking My Heart!
Cecelia, you're breaking my heartYou're shaking my confidence daily...--"Oh, Cecelia" written by Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkle If you...
A honey bee forages on a lacy phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) in the Joseph and Emma Lin Biological Orchard and Garden (BOG) at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee gathering nectar and pollen from phacelia in the Joseph and Emma Lin Biological Orchard and Garden (BOG) at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
And now there are two! Another honey bee joins in the foraging on the phacelia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Signage in the Joseph and Emma Lin Biological Orchard and Garden (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A colorful banner (now shredded by the recent storms) once greeted visitors to the Joseph and Emma Lin Biological Orchard and Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bugs-Plants-People Interactions at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day
Plenty of interactions occurred among bugs, plants and people at the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, a Super Science Day recently...
Three youngsters delight in moving wildlife around--a squirrel, a bear, a carpenter bee and a butterfly--at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A boy raises his hand to ask a question as Professor Fran Keller of Folsom Lake College, a Bohart Museum of Entomology scientist, discusses arthropods, including the black widow spiders in the foreground. The occasion: the 12th annual Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Miles Pickard, 4, listens as his mother, Marissa Pickard, points out a display at the Center for Plant Diversity at the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Alison Colwell, curator of the UC Davis Herbarium, lines up displays for the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Marlene Simon, curator of the Botanical Conservatory, points to a plant that needs pollinating. She is known as "The Plant Lady" on the TV program, Good Day Sacramento. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day volunteer Anna Klestinec contemplates the plants in the Botanical Conservatory. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Davis Botanical Society Grant Winners: 'How I Spent My Field Season'
You've heard of New York Times' best-selling author, Mark Teague, and his book, "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" (Dragonfly Books),...
Doctoral student Shawn Christensen will present "Nectar Microbes Induce Pollen Germination to Access Scarce Nutrients" at the Davis Botanical Society meeting on Nov. 19. (Photo by Shawn Christensen)
A Hidden Treasure at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day
Talk about those tenacious tidy tips. And those picture-perfect phacelias. When you attend the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb....
A honey bee foraging on a desert bell, Phacelia campanularia, an annual herb that is native to California. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A sign defines the Biological Orchard and Gardens (BOG). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral Student Maureen Page: Impacts of Honey Bees Vs. Native Bees
Honey bees versus native bees. What are the impacts of honey bee introductions on the pollination of Camassia quamash, a Sierra...
Maureen Page of the Neal Williams lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will address the Davis Botanical Society meeting, “How I Spent My Field Season” on Thursday Nov. 14. The event takes place from 5 to 6 p.m. in Room 1022 of the Life Sciences Addition, corner of Hutchison and Kleiber Hall drives.
