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Bumble bee on bull thistle at Bodega Bay

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UC ANR is renovating its website. The Bug Squad blog, by Kathy Keatley Garvey of the University of California, Davis, is a daily (Monday-Friday) blog launched Aug. 6, 2008. It is about the wonderful world of insects and the entomologists who study them. Blog posts are archived at https://my.ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/archive.cfm

A brilliant day in an Esparto almond orchard on Feb. 16. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Almond Pollination Season Ought to Be About Almond Pollination

March 1, 2022

When friends own almond acreage, and invite you to see the bees and the blossoms on a brilliant day in mid-February, you go. Of course, you go. Almond pollination season is a delight to see and record. Almonds rank No.

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WSU postdoctoral research scholar Erica Henry, shown here on a field trip, will present a UC Davis seminar on March 2 on "Insect Conservation in an Uncertain Future."

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UC Davis Seminar: 'Insect Conservation in an Uncertain Future'

February 28, 2022

There may or may not be a silver lining for conservationists trying to save the threatened Oregon silverspot butterfly, but postdoctoral research scholar Erica Henry, of Washington State University (WSU), is among those trying to do so.

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Congrats to this UC Davis Trio of Distinguished Award Winners

February 25, 2022

Congrats to Professors Diane Ullman and Joanna Chiu of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and a former chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology.

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Urban Tree Stewardship (UTS) Learning by Leading™ Staff Mentor Abbey Hart (left) with UTS student team member Laia Menendez Diaz (right). (Photo courtesy of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden)

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UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day Includes Arboretum Tour of Texas Tree Trials

February 24, 2022

Entomologists, horticulturists, botanists, anthropologists, paleontologists, nematologists, biologists, ornithologists and other scientists are gearing up for the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, set from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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In 2011, then UC doctoral student Sarah Dalrymple (shown) coordinated the bee mural in the UC Davis Bee Haven. It mostly features native bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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The UC Davis Bee Haven Is a Haven for Honey Bees and Native Bees

February 23, 2022

When the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day takes place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 6 in the UC Davis Conference Center, 550 Alumni Lane, it will showcase exhibits from 11 museums and collections in one central space.

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