Bug Blog
A Blue Ribbon Day and a Sense of Humor
It's important to have a sense of humor, especially in the academic world when seriousness almost always shades levity. But wait...Take chemical ecologist Walter Leal, professor and former chair of...
UC Davis professor Walter Leal (right) receives the Nan-Yao Su Award from ESA President Ernest Delfosse. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Walter Leal's academic humor. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Protecting the Pollinators
It's good to see so many publications focusing on the pollinator crisis--because that's exactly what it is, a crisis. Writing for the Nature journal, Sharon Levy recently examined pollination...
Assistant professor Neal Williams and Kimiora Ward, research associate from the Williams lab, collect bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Neal Williams (right) and colleague Rufus Isaacs confer at the Entomological Society of America meeting Wednesday, Nov. 16 in Reno. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Things to be Thankful for--Bugs
Thanksgiving will come early to the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis.An open house, appropriately themed "Thankful for Bugs," is set from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 1124 Academic...
Visitors to the Bohart Museum can hold a walking stick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug in the hand is worth two in the bush? A walking stick at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Some International Publicity
The Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis, and its adjacent honey bee garden, the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, received an international shot of publicity when “My Extreme...
The sign at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. . (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The colorful bee boxes (background) were shown on the TV program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Gathering of Beekeepers
Let it bee.But the California State Beekeepers’ Association (CSBA) certainly won't.When the beekeepers and their affiliates gather today (Monday, Nov. 14) through Thursday, Nov. 17 in Rohnert Park...
Newly emerged worker bee from the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis.
A newly emerged worker bee (front) and a drone (male). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)