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Meet Sol Wantz, President of the UC Davis Entomology Club and a Wild Bee Researcher
Meet Sol Wantz, who serves as president of the UC Davis Entomology Club, a curator intern at the...
Sol Wantz, who grew up in the Bay Area, serves as president of the UC Davis Entomology Club. This image was taken at Chiricahua National Monument in Arizona over the summer of 2023.
'Understanding the Dynamics of Plant-Animal Interactions in a Changing World'
"Understanding the Dynamics of Plant-Animal Interactions in a Changing World." That's the title of...
A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, foraging on a rose in Benicia, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pollination Ecologist Neal Williams: The Importance of Native Bees
Did you know that California is home to more than 1600 species of undomesticated bees—most of...
A squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, pollinating a squash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This native bee is the yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, emerging from a foxglove. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, foraging on a seaside daisy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A native leafcutter bee, Megachile fidelis, on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Check Out the UC Davis Speakers' Stage at the California Honey Festival
What a line-up! Amina Harris, director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center, has...
Pollination ecologist and professor Neal Williams, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will speak on "Native Bees and their Conservation"at 10:30 a.m., May 6 on the UC Davis Speakers' Stage at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Cooperative Extension apiculturist/associate professor Elina Lastro Niño of Entomology and Nematology, and director of the California Master Beekeeper Program, will cover "What Our Bee Research Is Teaching Us" in her talk at 2 p.m., May 6 on the UC Davis Speakers' Stage at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wendy Mather, co-program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program, will discuss "So, You Want to Be a Beekeeper?" at 1 p.m., May 6 on the UC Davis Speakers' Stage, California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Seed Pile Project: It's Not Too Late to Register
If you haven't signed up for the Seed Pile Project, it's not too late. Those who live...
A honey bee foraging on a California golden poppy, the state flower. The Seed Pile Project includes golden poppy seeds. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The sunflower, Helianthus annuus, is native to the Americas. Sunflower seeds are part of the Seed Pile Project for the Sacramento region, but not the East Bay Region. This image, taken in a commercial field in Yolo County in 2013, shows a male sterile cultivated variety, according to Yolo County farm advisor Rachael Long. "They are typically multi-branched with multiple flowers," she said. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
