Posts Tagged: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Revisiting 'The 13 Bugs of Christmas'
This Christmas season isn't the same without University of California Cooperative Extension apiculturist emeritis Eric Mussen, who died June 3...
The five gold rings became five golden bees. Here's one of the golden bees, a Cordovan, a subspecies of the Italian. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A queen bee and worker bees. On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me 12 deathwatch beetles drumming, 11 queen bees piping, 10 locusts leaping, 9 mayflies dancing, 8 ants a'milking aphids, 7 boatmen swimming, 6 lice a'laying, 5 golden bees, 4 calling cicadas, 3 French flies, 2 tortoise beetles and a psyllid in a pear tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Photo of a Golden Dung Fly Wins the ESA Medal in International Insect Salon
Who takes images of flies? Raise your hand! No, not the hand with the flyswatter. Well, almost anything is fair game for my camera. That...
This image of a golden dung fly, titled "Checking You Out," scored the ESA Medal in the 2022 International Insect Salon. It was among images showcased at the ESA meeting in British Columbia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Humbled and Honored to Receive ACE Awards
I'm humbled and honored to have received two major awards this week from the Association for Communication Excellence (ACE). It's an...
This image of a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on lupine at Bodega Bay, was part of a photo series that won an international award from ACE. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Scientists Weigh in on 'The Plight of the Pollinators'
UC Davis scientists weighed in on "The Plight of the Pollinators," in an informative article by Ula Chrobak in the March edition of UC...
A squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, pollinating a squash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee, Apis mellifera, foraging on an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, nectaring on milkweed, its host plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A hummingbird seeking nectar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The 13 Bugs of Christmas, Revisited
It's time to revisit the "Thirteen Bugs of Christmas!" Back in 2010, Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (now emeritus) and yours truly...
A queen bee and worker bees. "On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me 12 deathwatch beetles drumming, 11 queen bees piping, 10 locusts leaping, 9 mayflies dancing, 8 ants a'milking aphids, 7 boatmen swimming, 6 lice a'laying, 5 golden bees, 4 calling cicadas, 3 French flies, 2 tortoise beetles and a psyllid in a pear tree." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)