Bug Blog
Exciting News from the Hammock Lab
We applaud the groundbreaking news this week from the Bruce Hammock laboratory at the University of California, Davis. In research led by postdoctoral researcher Zuodong Zhang, a...
UC Davis postdoctoral researcher Zuodong Zhang. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Aphid Reunion
The aphids know how to plan a family reunion. Grandma, grandpa, aunts, uncles, mom and pop, brothers and sisters, cousins and more cousins--they're all gathering to feed on the lush growth of...
Aphid reunion on a rose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A gorged ladybug has just polished off a row of aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tough Time for Bees
In February--the afternoon of Feb. 8 to be exact--Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology told us that California almond growers may not have enough honey bees to...
Honey bee foraging on almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of honey bee on an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Perfectly Timed Photos
Insects outnumber us on this earth. And they always will. By the millions. Penny Gullan and and Peter Cranston, emeritus professors of entomology at the University of California, Davis, wrote in...
Honey bee stinging Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey Bees on Japanese Maple?
Honey bees favor assorted plants, including lavenders, mints, salvias, asters, borage, wild roses, echiums, clover, fireweed, goldenrod and phacelia, but have you ever seen them on a Japanese...
Honey bee foraging on a Japanese maple. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of honey bee foraging on a Japanese maple. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)