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A Bee and a Butterfly: Sharing a Lavender Blossom
Ever seen a honey bee and a butterfly sharing a lavender blossom? Just in time for National...
A Gulf Fritillary and a honey bee sharing the same lavender blossom in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Digging the Digger Bees and the Newly Published Research
Have you ever seen the digger bees on the sandy cliffs of Bodega Head, Sonoma County? if you...
A digger bee, Anthophora bomboides standfordina, heading to her nest at Bodega Head. Note the ant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
At Bodega Head you can see turrets made by solitary, ground-nesting digger bees, Anthophora bomboides standfordina. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A digger bee, Anthophora bomboides standfordina, nectaring on wild radish. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Here I am! Anthophora bomboides standfordina, at Bodega Head, Sonoma County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Rob Page: The Student, The Professor, The Scientist, The Administrator, The Legend
Internationally known honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page, Jr. is spotlighted in the...
Internationally known honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. checks out a swarm in Arizona.
Rob Page, as a doctoral student at UC Davis, with his doctoral research mentor, Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Page received his doctorate in 1980. (Photo by Ron Stecker)
Introduce Your Children to Insects
How can you interest your children in insects? "For me, at least a lot of my interest developed...
Three-year-old Everly Puckett checks out a stick insect held by her father, Ryan Puckett, a UC Davis employee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis animal biology major Jakob Lopez shows a stick insect to Hunter Baker, 8. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hunter Baker, 8, delights in holding a stick insect. In back is Bohart collections manager Brennen Dyer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Danielle Hoskey introduces her 4-year-old son, Atlas Scott to a tomato hornworm. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis entomology major Oliver Smith eagerly shows a stick insect to a youngster. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis entomology doctoral student Emma "Em" Jochim (left) and high school intern Syd Benson engage the youngsters. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Mark Blankenship, 10, peers at a thorny stick insect. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis psychology major Naomi Lila, a member of the UC Davis Entomology Club, awaits visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sebastian Carrasco, 3, waves "bye bye" to a stick insect. He decided he didn't want to hold it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Automated Technology Field Day (Salinas) June 27
2024 Automated Technology Field Day Learn about the growing role of automated technologies in...