Backyard Orchard News
It Is Not a Good Time to Be a Butterfly
It is not a good time to be a butterfly. Especially if you're a monarch butterfly that eclosed on...
A female monarch that eclosed on Jan. 5 perches on a finger, next to a garden flag depicting a male monarch and a worker honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a monarch that eclosed on Jan. 5, 2017. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bruce Hammock: From Butterflies to Alzheimer's
We remember hearing Bruce Hammock, distinguished professor of entomology at the University of...
Window of opportunity? A monarch roosts on a clothesline in front of a cottage window. (Photo by Kathy Keatley)
From Honey Bees to Flower Thrips to Asian Longhorned Beetles
From honey bees to flower thrips to Asian longhorned beetles... From a beneficial insect to...
Honey bees will be one of the topics of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's winter seminars. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is a western flower thrips, the topic of Professor Diane Ullman's seminar on Jan. 18. She'll discuss "Journey into the Microcosm: A Closer Look at the Western Flower thrips." (Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC ANR)
Bumble Bee Mellowing Out on the Mallow
Nice to see you! That's how we greeted our very last bumble bee of 2016. The yellow-faced bumble...
It looks like...it is! A yellow-faced bumble bee,Bombus vosnesenski, seeking nectar from a mallow blossom at the Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, sipping nectar on mallow on Nov. 14 in Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Side view of yellow-faced bumble bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
FFA Students Train for Citrus Judging at Lindcove REC
We were very excited this year to provide 100+ varieties of citrus for the general public to taste...