Posts Tagged: UC Davis

Ready for Maggot Art at the Bohart Museum of Entomology Open House?

Children's faces light up when they create maggot art. This is how they do it: They pick up a maggot with feather-tip forceps; dip it into a...

Maggot art in the making. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Maggot art in the making. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

In maggot art, is the maggot the artist or is the artist the one who dips it in paint and lets it crawl around on a piece of paper? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

In maggot art, is the maggot the artist or is the artist the one who dips it in paint and lets it crawl around on a piece of paper? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Of Human-Modified Environments and Cabbage White Butterflies

You won't want to miss this UC Davis Entomology and Nematology seminar by postdoctoral scholar Angie Lenard of the University of Nevada,...

Two cabbage white butterflies, Pieris rapae, in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Two cabbage white butterflies, Pieris rapae, in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Renewing Memories of the UC Davis Bee Haven

It's like “Old Home Week” or “Old Home Day” when Michelle Monheit visits the UC Davis Bee Haven on Bee Biology...

Michelle Monheit of Woodland stands by "Miss Bee Haven," sculpted by Donna Billick. Michelle has visited the garden since childhood when her mother was working on bee research. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Michelle Monheit of Woodland stands by "Miss Bee Haven," sculpted by Donna Billick. Michelle has visited the garden since childhood when her mother was working on bee research. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen and researcher Susan Monheit work in the beginning stages of the UC Davis Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen and researcher Susan Monheit work in the beginning stages of the UC Davis Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hear That Buzz? Long-Awaited UC Davis Bee Genetics Book Updated

Hear that buzz? The long-awaited update of the landmark UC Davis-authored book, Queen Bee Rearing and Bee Breeding by Harry H....

UC Davis professor Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. with then graduate student Robert E. Page Jr., circa 1980.

UC Davis professor Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. with then graduate student Robert E. Page Jr., circa 1980.

A sign in front of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Faciility on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A sign in front of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Faciility on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Golden Paper Wasp

We're so accustomed to seeing the non-native European paper wasp, Polistes dominula, that it's quite a surprise to encounter a native, the...

A golden paper wasp, Polistes aurier, at the UC Davis Bee Haven on Saturday. It is a native species. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A golden paper wasp, Polistes aurier, at the UC Davis Bee Haven on Saturday. It is a native species. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

As its name implies, the European paper wasp, is a non-native species. This image was taken in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

As its name implies, the European paper wasp, is a non-native species. This image was taken in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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