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The Amazing Bee-Parasite Research of Leslie Saul-Gershenz

Evolutionary ecologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz goes places where many have been but few have ever...

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Posted on Monday, October 16, 2017 at 11:55 AM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: digger bee (5), Entomological Society of America (59), Habropoda miserabilis (1), Leslie Saul-Gershenz (6), Meloe franciscanus (3), nest parasites (1), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (94)

Why Friday the 13th Is Not an Unlucky Day

Friday the 13th is not an unlucky day--not when migratory monarchs make a pit stop at your home on...

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Posted on Friday, October 13, 2017 at 6:13 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Dossey (1), Friday the 13th (1), monarch butterflies (54), paraskevidekatriaphobia (1), tropical milkweed (7)

Thank a Farmer, Thank a Beekeeper

You may have missed it, but today (Thursday, Oct. 12) is National Farmers' Day. The day originated...

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Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 5:00 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: beekeepers (11), honey (25), Kim Flottum (12), National Farmers'' Day (1), pollination (12), queen bee breeding (1), UC Davis (125), Western Apicultural Society (29)

California Wild Fires Raging...but Life Cycles Go On...

As those horrendous wild fires continue to rage throughout California, as Cal Fire helicopters roar...

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Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 5:00 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: adult (6), California wildfires (1), caterpillar (12), chrysalis (10), egg (8), Gulf Fritillaries (11), Passiflora (29), passionflower vine (26), pupal case (2), tendrils (1)

A Reason Why Bumble Bee Population Is Declining

The news is disturbing but not unexpected. Scientists are linking global climate change to one...

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Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 3:05 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bombus vosnesenskii (28), bumble bee (25), declining bumble bee population (1), Florida State University (1), Indigo Spires (1), Kate Frey (11), Robbin Thorp (210), salvia (7), Sonoma Cornerstone (2)

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