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The Sting. (c) Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honey bee in flight, heading toward a Japanese anemone and unaware of the jumping spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Drama in the Garden

August 20, 2013
Take one honey bee and one Japanese anemone. Then add one jumping spider. The results don't always turn out so well. But today in the East Asian Collection Garden of the UC Davis Arboretum, everything turned out well--for the honey bee.
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Honey bee on an apple blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The ABCs of the Bee-a-Thon 3

August 20, 2013
What Emmet Brady describes as "the wonderful world of pollination" will come to life on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Brady, a cultural entomologist, hosts the Insect News Network on KDRT 97.4 FM Radio, Davis, and every year he hosts a "Bee-a-Thon" to spotlight honey bees.
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Honey bee heading toward tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Celebrate the Honey Bee!

August 16, 2013
Saturday, Aug. 17 is National Honey Bee Day and it's time for a tribute, a salute and a cheer, all combined into one: Go, bees! We're glad to see concerned citizens, organizations and businesses contributing to bee research at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.
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An Italian honey bee nectaring on phacelia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Do Blondes Have More Fun?

August 15, 2013
Shirley Polykoff (1909-1998), the advertising legend who coined the words "Is it true blondes have more fun?" for a Clairol jingle, raised awareness of blondes, insinuating that "gentlemen prefer blondes.
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Yellowjackets are attracted to this plastic container. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Not What You Want in Your Drink

August 14, 2013
On an outing last Saturday to a Marin County restaurant, we spotted half-filled glasses lining a railing near the picnic tables. As the guests dined on seafood, yellowjackets dined on bits of protein left behind.
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