Posts Tagged: yard
Flowering Quince: A Sure Sign of Spring
Spring won't arrive until March 19, but don't tell that to the honey bees foraging on the...
A honey bee foraging on flowering quince, a member of the rose family. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A flowering quince bud makes a great pocket for a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bottoms up! A honey bee determined to bring back food for her colony on this flowering quince. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Your Rat Management Questions Answered!
UC IPM recently hosted a webinar on rat management presented by Dr. Niamh Quinn. During this...
Feb. 8 is UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day: A Super Science Day
Have you ever wished that you and your family and friends could visit the UC Davis campus and chat...
Visitors examine the insect specimens at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
At the 12th annual Biodiversity Museum Day, Miles Pickard, 4 and his mother Marissa Pickard checked out the Center for Plant Diversity. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Paleontology Collection, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, draws scores of visitors during UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lisa Pacumio with great-horned owl at the California Raptor Center on Old Davis Road. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A nematode display at the Katherine Esau Science Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Renewing Memories of the UC Davis Bee Haven
It's like “Old Home Week” or “Old Home Day” when Michelle Monheit visits...
Michelle Monheit of Woodland stands by "Miss Bee Haven," sculpted by Donna Billick. Michelle has visited the garden since childhood when her mother was working on bee research. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen and researcher Susan Monheit work in the beginning stages of the UC Davis Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Golden Paper Wasp
We're so accustomed to seeing the non-native European paper wasp, Polistes dominula,...
A golden paper wasp, Polistes aurier, at the UC Davis Bee Haven on Saturday. It is a native species. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
As its name implies, the European paper wasp, is a non-native species. This image was taken in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)