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UC Davis Commencement Speaker: Upholding the Standard of a Healthy Flatworm

Student speaker Hannah Trumbull is flanked by Helene Dillard, dean of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and UC Davis Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph Hexter.

“Nematodes” and “commencement” don't usually appear together in the same...

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Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 2:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: commencement (1), Hannah Trumbull (1), Helene Dillard (1), James R. Carey (1), nematodes (1), Ralph Hexter (1), UC Davis (117), worms (1)

Why We Need to Push for Pollinator Protection

Entomologist May Berenbaum photographs a bee on a pomegranate tree at the UC Davis bee garden, the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, during her May 2014 visit to the campus. With her is Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, now retired. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The 10th annual National Pollinator Week ends Sunday, June 25, and what an opportunity it's been...

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Posted on Friday, June 23, 2017 at 4:15 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Brian Johnston (1), Eric Mussen (8), Franklin''s bumble bee (1), May Berenbaum (2), National Pollinator Week (1), Robbin Thorp (6), rusty-patched bumble bee (1), UC Davis (117)

Surprising Research Results: What the Microbes in Nectar Revealed

Researchers studied the microbes in the nectar of the sticky monkeyflower, Mimulus auranticus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It's surprising what the microbes in nectar can reveal. Take the nectar of the sticky...

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Posted on Monday, June 12, 2017 at 5:03 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Anna''s hummingbird (1), bumble bees (1), Ecology Letters (1), microbes (1), nectar (1), Rachel Vannette (1), Stanford University (1), sticky monkeyflower (1), Tadashi Fukami (1), UC Davis (117)

The Lady Beetle and the Syrphid Fly

A large syrphid fly, Scaeva pyrastri (as identified by Martin Hauser of the California Department of Food and Agriculture), heads for a lady beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

So, here I am, an Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) perched on a rose bush in Vacaville,...

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Posted on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 4:38 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: aphids (3), Bohart Museum of Entomology (6), California Department of Food and Agriculture (1), CDFA (1), honeydew (1), Lynn Kimsey (6), Martin Hauser (1), Scaeva pyrastri (1), syrphid fly (1), UC Davis (117)

Bumble Bees: Pollen Power in the Phacelia

It's mine--move away! Two bumble bees, species Bombus vandykei, seek the same Phacelia blossom on the UC Davis central campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Talk about pollen! The bumble bees, Bombus vandykei (as identified by Robbin Thorp, distinguished...

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Posted on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 5:10 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bombus vandykei (1), golden pollen (1), Phacelia (1), Robbin Thorp (6), UC Davis (117)

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