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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/bugsquad/index.cfm. The story behind "The Sting" is here: https://my.ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=7735.

Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the butterfly and moth specimens at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, enjoys showing insects. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Fun at the Fair with Entomologists and Insects

May 9, 2018

If fair time is fun time--and it is--just add insects to make it even more fun.

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The adult moth, Helicoverpa zea. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)

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Gary Felton Seminar: How Plants Turn on Their Anti-Herbivore Defenses

May 7, 2018

How do plants defend themselves from herbivores and turn on their defenses?

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Community ecologist Louie Yang is the recipient of an international award for his academic advising. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Congratulations, Louie Yang, NACADA's Top Faculty Academic Advisor

May 7, 2018

Congratulations to community ecologist Louie Yang of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, the newly announced recipient of an international award for his outstanding academic advising activities.

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Not just honey bees will be featured at the California Honey Festival. The Bohart Museum will show scores of bee specimens, including the black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Other Critters Will 'Share the Love' at California Honey Festival, Too!

May 4, 2018

It's not just honey bees that will "share the love" Saturday, May 5 at the second annual California Honey Festival. Although the festival, set from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Miss Honey Bee, Benji Shade of Woodland Christian High School, takes a selfie with her teacher, Jessica Hiatt at the inaugural California Honey Festival in downtown Woodland. This year's festival is Saturday, May 5.

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California Honey Festival: Bee-ing All It Can Bee

May 3, 2018

You may not be able to get close enough to take a selfie with a honey bee foraging on your flowers, but you'll be able to take a selfie of a bee at the California Honey Festival. With the costumed bee mascot.

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