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Revisiting 'The 13 Bugs of Christmas'

Back in 2010, UC Cooperative Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (1944-2022) of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and...

A golden honey bee, a Cordovan, nectaring in a Vacaville, Calif., garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A golden honey bee, a Cordovan, nectaring in a Vacaville, Calif., garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A golden honey bee, a Cordovan, nectaring in a Vacaville, Calif., garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A varroa mite attached to a foraging bee in a Vacaville, Calif. garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A varroa mite attached to a foraging bee in a Vacaville, Calif. garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A varroa mite attached to a foraging bee in a Vacaville, Calif. garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, December 22, 2023 at 10:00 AM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Food, Innovation, Natural Resources

Bee-ing Thankful for Honey Bees

Let's put the "thanks" in THANKSgiving by bee-ing thankful for the honey bee, Apis mellifera... If your table includes pumpkin, cranberries,...

The squash bee,  Peponapis pruinosa, pollinating a squash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, pollinating a squash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, pollinating a squash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Thank a bee for the squash! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Thank a bee for the squash! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Thank a bee for the squash! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee pollinating a pomegranate blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee pollinating a pomegranate blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee pollinating a pomegranate blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Thank a bee for the pomegranate! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Thank a bee for the pomegranate! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Thank a bee for the pomegranate! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, November 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Food, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

No Predation at Bohart Museum of Entomology's Pre-Halloween Party

If you attended the Bohart Museum of Entomology's private party, hosted by the Bohart Museum Society for its members and friends, you...

UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey (center), director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, thanks UC Davis biology lab manager and UC Davis alumna Ivana Li (far left), who catered the party. Also pictured (from left) Professor Fran Keller of Folsom Lake College, postdoctoral researcher Severyn Korneyev and his wife, artist Kristina Kernytska, UC Davis alumna Brittany Kohler and Tabatha Yang, Bohart education and outreach coordinator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey (center), director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, thanks UC Davis biology lab manager and UC Davis alumna Ivana Li (far left), who catered the party. Also pictured (from left) Professor Fran Keller of Folsom Lake College, postdoctoral researcher Severyn Korneyev and his wife, artist Kristina Kernytska, UC Davis alumna Brittany Kohler and Tabatha Yang, Bohart education and outreach coordinator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey (center), director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, thanks UC Davis biology lab manager and UC Davis alumna Ivana Li (far left), who catered the party. Also pictured (from left) Professor Fran Keller of Folsom Lake College, postdoctoral researcher Severyn Korneyev and his wife, artist Kristina Kernytska, UC Davis alumna Brittany Kohler and Tabatha Yang, Bohart education and outreach coordinator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A praying mantis pays
A praying mantis pays "no predatory attention" to a queen bee at the Bohart Museum's pre-Halloween party. From left are Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum as a queen bee; Kristen Bond, Bohart associate; and Tabatha Yang, Bohart education and outreach coordinator dressed as a mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A praying mantis pays "no predatory attention" to a queen bee at the Bohart Museum's pre-Halloween party. From left are Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum as a queen bee; Kristen Bond, Bohart associate; and Tabatha Yang, Bohart education and outreach coordinator dressed as a mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis first-year doctoral student CC Edwards and UC Davis doctoral candidate Christofer Edwards chat at the Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis first-year doctoral student CC Edwards and UC Davis doctoral candidate Christofer Edwards chat at the Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis first-year doctoral student CC Edwards and UC Davis doctoral candidate Christofer Edwards chat at the Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral candidate Christofer Brothers wore a green darner dragonfly costume to the Bohart Museum of Entomology's pre-Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis doctoral candidate Christofer Brothers wore a green darner dragonfly costume to the Bohart Museum of Entomology's pre-Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral candidate Christofer Brothers wore a green darner dragonfly costume to the Bohart Museum of Entomology's pre-Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Allen Chew's self-created horse fly costume drew lots of praise. Also pictured  are (far left) arachnologist-geneticist Jim Starrett, and (far right) Dick Meyer, a UC Davis doctoral alumnus who retired from a medical entomology career. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Allen Chew's self-created horse fly costume drew lots of praise. Also pictured are (far left) arachnologist-geneticist Jim Starrett, and (far right) Dick Meyer, a UC Davis doctoral alumnus who retired from a medical entomology career. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Allen Chew's self-created horse fly costume drew lots of praise. Also pictured are (far left) arachnologist-geneticist Jim Starrett, and (far right) Dick Meyer, a UC Davis doctoral alumnus who retired from a medical entomology career. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Cutting the cake are Bohart Museum postdoctoral researcher Socrates Letana; UC Davis doctoral alumna Fran Keller, professor, Folsom Lake College; and UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Cutting the cake are Bohart Museum postdoctoral researcher Socrates Letana; UC Davis doctoral alumna Fran Keller, professor, Folsom Lake College; and UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Cutting the cake are Bohart Museum postdoctoral researcher Socrates Letana; UC Davis doctoral alumna Fran Keller, professor, Folsom Lake College; and UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at 4:06 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Family, Food, Innovation, Natural Resources

Monarch vs. Honey Bee: 'Nectar for Me, None for You'

The monarch migration is well underway. The iconic butterflies fluttering into California from the Pacific Northwest engage in "nectar stops" to fuel...

A migrating monarch butterfly finds nectar in a zinnia in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A migrating monarch butterfly finds nectar in a zinnia in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A migrating monarch butterfly finds nectar in a zinnia in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee wants nectar, too. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee wants nectar, too. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee wants nectar, too. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee buzzes the wings of the monarch hoping it will leave. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The honey bee buzzes the wings of the monarch hoping it will leave. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee buzzes the wings of the monarch hoping it will leave. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The monarch takes the hint. A bee wants that nectar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The monarch takes the hint. A bee wants that nectar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The monarch takes the hint. A bee wants that nectar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 5:35 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Food, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

A Tip of the Bee Veil to the California Master Beekeeper Program

If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a colony of honey bees to show us how to divide the labor and work well together. And if you're...

UC Davis Chancellor Gary May congratulates the California Master Beekeeper Program. With him are co-program managers Wendy Mather and Kian Nikzad. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Chancellor Gary May congratulates the California Master Beekeeper Program. With him are co-program managers Wendy Mather and Kian Nikzad. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis Chancellor Gary May congratulates the California Master Beekeeper Program. With him are co-program managers Wendy Mather and Kian Nikzad. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Elina Lastro Niño at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Elina Lastro Niño at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Elina Lastro Niño at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, September 15, 2023 at 5:32 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Food, Innovation, Natural Resources

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