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Who Will Find and Photograph the First Bumble Bee of the Year?

Who will find and photograph the first bumble bee of the year in Yolo and Solano counties and win the fifth annual Robbin Thorp Memorial...

UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor Robbin Thorp (1933-2019) with his screen saver image of Franklin's bumble bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor Robbin Thorp (1933-2019) with his screen saver image of Franklin's bumble bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor Robbin Thorp (1933-2019) with his screen saver image of Franklin's bumble bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

Who Won the 2024 Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest?

Drum roll….  We have a winner in the annual Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest, in which the first person to collect the first cabbage white...

The cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, is white with small black dots on its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, is white with small black dots on its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, is white with small black dots on its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A cabbage white butterfly nectaring on a catmint in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A cabbage white butterfly nectaring on a catmint in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A cabbage white butterfly nectaring on a catmint in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A statistics chart of the first flight of the cabbage white butterfly, a work created by Matthew Forister of the University of Nevada. He collaborates with his former professor, Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus.
A statistics chart of the first flight of the cabbage white butterfly, a work created by Matthew Forister of the University of Nevada. He collaborates with his former professor, Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus.

A statistics chart of the first flight of the cabbage white butterfly, a work created by Matthew Forister of the University of Nevada. He collaborates with his former professor, Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus.

Posted on Monday, February 5, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

Two Insect Contests: One Winner, One to Go

One down, one to go! We have a winner in the 4th annual Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble-Bee-of-the-Year Contest, sponsored by the...

The search is on to collect the first cabbage white butterfly of the year in the three-county area of Yolo, Sacramento and Solano. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The search is on to collect the first cabbage white butterfly of the year in the three-county area of Yolo, Sacramento and Solano. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The search is on to collect the first cabbage white butterfly of the year in the three-county area of Yolo, Sacramento and Solano. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

UC Davis Arboretum Is the Magical Place to Find the First-of-the-Year Bumble Bee

If history repeats itself, the person who finds and photographs the first bumble bee of the year in the two-county area of Yolo and...

A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, forages on Eryngium amethystinum, a genus that belongs to the carrot family, Apiaceae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, forages on Eryngium amethystinum, a genus that belongs to the carrot family, Apiaceae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, forages on Eryngium amethystinum, a genus that belongs to the carrot family, Apiaceae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, nectaring on ceanothus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, nectaring on ceanothus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, nectaring on ceanothus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 3:25 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

Oh, That Elusive Cabbage White Butterfly

No butterfly. No beer.  Blame the rain. Blame the cold. As of today, Jan. 26, no one has won Art Shapiro's "Beer-for-a-Butterfly...

A cabbage white butterfly stops for a little catmint nectar (flight fuel) on a warm summer day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A cabbage white butterfly stops for a little catmint nectar (flight fuel) on a warm summer day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A cabbage white butterfly stops for a little catmint nectar (flight fuel) on a warm summer day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 3:53 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

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