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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'WONDER FLIES' sharing a squash blossom with two honey bees in Napa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Wonder Flies

November 1, 2010
They're called "wonder flies." And for a good reason. Folks wonder what they are.
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KATYDID foraging on a rose in a UC Davis rose garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Never Promised Her a Rose Garden

October 29, 2010
Up close, the katydid looks as ferocious as a scary Halloween trick-or-treater. Its stance is firm. Its eyes glow menacingly. Its attitude: "Don't mess with me." We spotted this katydid on a rose in a UC Davis rose garden.
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BEE SCULPTURE, titled "Miss Bee Haven," graces the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. It is the work of noted artist Donna Billick. The ceramic tiles on the bench and the bee hive columns (back) are the work of the UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Tribute to the Bees

October 28, 2010
A gigantic bee sculpture and bee hive columns are major attractions at the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of the California, Davis. The grand opening of the half-acre bee friendly garden took place Sept.
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PURPLE ASTERS bloom brilliantly at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis. In the back are the bee boxes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Gearing Up for Winter

October 27, 2010
There's a magnificent purple aster blooming in the bee yard at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, University of California, Davis. The aster, a late-bloomer, makes for a picture-perfect apiary scene...white bee boxes in the background...purple aster in the foreground...
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