Posts Tagged: Lynn Kimsey

How Little We Know About Monarchs...

How little we know about monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus... And how long misinformation can linger... Take the news about the overwintering...

Monarchs overwintering in the Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, in 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Monarchs overwintering in the Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, in 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Museum of Entomology's 2022 Calendar: Delightful!

The newly published UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology calendar is DCI: delightful, creative and...

"Bees being shipped across country stored in trucks or vans are shown to cause more stress," wrote one student on an Entomology 100 term paper that appears on the Bohart Museum of Entomology's 2022 calendar. (Illustration by Kris Merritt)

"Bees being shipped across country stored in trucks or vans are shown to cause more stress," wrote one student on an Entomology 100 term paper that appears on the Bohart Museum of Entomology's 2022 calendar. (Illustration by Kris Merritt)

"Drones are male bees that contribute only in the perm production for the queen," wrote a student in Lynn Kimsey's class. Kris Merritt illustrated it on the 2022 Bohart Museum calendar.

"Drones are male bees that contribute only in the perm production for the queen," wrote a student in Lynn Kimsey's class. Kris Merritt illustrated it on the 2022 Bohart Museum calendar.

The Buzz Behind the UC Davis Bumble Bee Contest

The Bohart Museum of Entomology generated a lot of buzz when it sponsored its second annual "Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble-Bee-of-the-Year...

This is the image of Bombus vosnesenskii that Ellen Zagory captured in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.

This is the image of Bombus vosnesenskii that Ellen Zagory captured in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.

This is the cell phone image of Bombus melanopygus that Maureen Page took in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.

This is the cell phone image of Bombus melanopygus that Maureen Page took in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.

The late UC Davis professor, Robbin Thorp, shown here with an image he took of the endangered Franklin's bumble bee, always looked forward to finding the first bumble bee of the year.

The late UC Davis professor, Robbin Thorp, shown here with an image he took of the endangered Franklin's bumble bee, always looked forward to finding the first bumble bee of the year.

Game On! Find and Photograph the First Bumble Bee of the Year

Game on! If you're thinking about taking a walk in Yolo or Solano counties to celebrate the new year--or just to get some exercise in keeping with...

A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, nectaring on nectarine blossoms in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, nectaring on nectarine blossoms in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Cockroaches for Dessert? Ummm...

Cockroaches for dessert? Yes. Tune into the latest UC Davis Unfold Podcast by journalists Amy Quinton and Kat Kerlin and you'll learn about (1)...

This is the species of cockroach that Lynn Kimsey ate in Panama when the host served oatmeal and raisin cookies. Hers was an oatmeal raisin/roach cookie. "It had legs!" (Wikipedia photo by Gary Alpert, a colleague of Kimsey's)

This is the species of cockroach that Lynn Kimsey ate in Panama when the host served oatmeal and raisin cookies. Hers was an oatmeal raisin/roach cookie. "It had legs!" (Wikipedia photo by Gary Alpert, a colleague of Kimsey's)

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