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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A male yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, appears to be "resting" on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Boy Bumble Bee

May 23, 2014
Don't you just love watching bumble bees? This morning we watched a yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) foraging on lavender. It moved quickly from one blossom to another, barely allowing us time for a "bee shoot." It was "bee gone" every time we aimed the camera. Finally, it cooperated.
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A handful of bees, held by Barbara Allen-Diaz. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bee Stunt: A First and a Last

May 22, 2014
It was Norm Gary's last bee wrangling stunt. And it was Barbara Allen-Diaz' first close-up encounter with bees. The occasion: Barbara Allen-Diaz, vice president of the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR), was on the UC Davis campus recently to fulfill her UC Promise for Education.
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Red-veined meadowhawk, Sympetrum madidum, perches on a stake. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Love Those Dragonflies!

May 20, 2014
Don't you just love it when a dragonfly perches on a stake in your back yard and decides to stay for a while? That's what happened Sunday.
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Honey bee foraging on a pomegranate blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bee Crisis Explained

May 19, 2014
As honey bees go about their bee-ness, foraging among the pomegranate and other blossoms here in California, internationally recognized entomologist May Berenbaum, professor and head of the Department of Entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is preparing for her Storer Lecture...
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