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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bumble bee, Bombus vandykei, foraging on phacelia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Going Native

April 24, 2013
The first thing you notice when you walk up to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis, are the natives. Native plants, that is. California golden poppies and phacelia are among the plants sharing the "Pollination Habitat" bed.
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Two ladybugs in a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Ladybugs Coming Up in the World

April 23, 2013
Decisions, decisions... Where's the best spot for the new residents of my garden? I acquired two ladybugs last Saturday during the 99th annual UC Davis Picnic Day.
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Yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, on Scabiosa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Sounding the Alarm for Bumble Bees

April 22, 2013
Bumble bees are major contributors to pollination of crops and wildflowers throughout the temperate northern hemisphere. Many species have declined, contributing to fears that we might face a 'pollination crisis.'" So says David Goulson, professor at the University of Stirling, U.K.
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A frame of honey in the apiary of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Everything's Coming Up Honey!

April 19, 2013
Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen isn't the only person coordinating a honey tasting at the UC Davis Picnic Day on Saturday, April 20. Amina Harris of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center will, too. She's offering honey tasting, along with arts and crafts for kids, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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