Bug Blog
Who Lives in the Hive? This 11-Year-Old 4-H'er Can Tell You!
Who lives in a honey bee hive? Eleven-year-old Lexi Haddon Mendes of the Vaca Valley 4-H Club, Vacaville, who has been keeping bees for five years, can tell you. "Who Lives in the Hive?" was the...
Vaca Valley 4-H beekeeper Lexi Haddon Mendes responds to questions from her evaluators. In back is Kate Frenkel of the Suisun Valley 4-H Club. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lexi Haddon Mendes, next to her display board. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
If You're a Grad Student Doing Pollination Research at a California University...
If you're a graduate student engaged in pollinator-related research at a California university, it might pay to present your research poster at the third annual UC Davis Bee Symposium, set Sunday,...
A honey bee pollinating a pomegranate blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The 2016 winners of the Graduate Student Poster were UC Berkeley graduate students Sara Winsemius (left) and Laura Ward for their project on neonicotinoids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis graduate student W. Cameron Jasper won second place for his poster, "Investigating Potential Synergistic Effects of Chronic Exposure to Amitraz and Multiple Pesticides on Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Survivorship." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Steve Sheppard: Keynote Speaker at UC Davis Bee Symposium
Do you know how to keep your bees healthy or do you want to learn more about bees? Registration for the third annual UC Davis Bee Symposium, "Keeping Bees Healthy," set Sunday, May 7 in the UC Davis...
A honey bee pollinating an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Delightful Find
Any day's a good day when you find the ootheca (egg case) of a praying mantis in your yard. It's much better than finding an Easter egg. Ootheca comes from the Greek word "oo," meaning egg and the...
The egg case or ootheca of a praying mantis, is attached to the stem of a lavender plant. Note the small hole on the left, near the top--the exit hole of a parasitoid, according to Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A young praying mantis searching for prey on a blanket flower, Gallardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A praying mantis dining on a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's a Honey of a Festival
It's going to be a honey of a festival. Truly. And Amina Harris would love it if you're interested in participating in this event or volunteering. Harris directs the UC Davis Honey and Pollination...
A frame from a hive. The California Honey Festival will feature honey, mead, bees, speakers, live music, a kids' zone, and arts and crafts. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)