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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THIS BUMBLE BEE, Bombus californicus, is among the native bees in the area near the American and Consumnes rivers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Dragonflies, Damselflies, Dermestids and Bees

January 15, 2010
Dragonflies, damselflies, dermestids and native bees. Does an entomological life get any better than this? Those are some of the topics to be discussed at the next meeting of the Northern California Entomological Society, set for Thursday, Feb.
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BUMBLE BEE expert Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis, with his image of Franklin's bumble bee on his computer screen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Declining Bumble Bees

January 14, 2010
The bumble bee population is declining and some species are teetering on the brink of extinction.
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UC DAVIS RESEARCHER Ian Pearse in front of the Peter J. Shields Oak Grove, on Garrod Drive, UC Davis Arboretum. Pearse received a fellowship from the National Science Foundation for his oak tree research. Long interested in plant biochemistry, he joined the UC Davis graduate program in entomology in 2006, after studying a year in Germany with the Max Planck Society for Chemical Ecology. He received his bachelor of science degree in plant biology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in 2004.(P
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Why Some and Not Others

January 13, 2010
When you visit the Peter J. Shields Oak Grove in the UC Davis Arboretum, you'll see one of the most diverse mature oak collections in the United States.
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BEE BREEDER-GENETICIST Kim Fondrk of UC Davis tends his bees in a Dixon, Calif. almond orchard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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White Gold

January 12, 2010
Almond pollination season is approaching, and with it, come concerns. "A concern each year...is how many honey bee visitation hours occurred during bloom," writes Extension Apiculturist Eric Mussen in his newly published edition of from the UC Apiaries.
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TROPICAL ARTHROPOD ECOLOGIST Steve Yanoviak, shown here in a rainforest canopy in Peru, will speak on Wednesday, Jan. 13 at a UC Davis Entomology seminar. Yanoviak is with the Department of Biology, University of Arkansas. (Photo courtesy of Steve Yanoviak)
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Prime Time for Learning

January 11, 2010
The noonhour seminars sponsored every Wednesday through March 10 by the Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, are drawing widespread interest. And delightedly so. Many faculty, students and staff make it a point to attend the 12:10 to 1 p.m.
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