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Passionate About the Passionflower Vines

Valley carpenter bees are passionate about passionflower vines (Passiflora). You see these black...

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Posted on Friday, September 6, 2013 at 9:48 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Agraulis vanillae (1), Gulf Fritillary (1), Passiflora (3), passionflower vine (3), Robbin Thorp (220), Valley carpenter bee (6), Xylocopa varipuncta (18)

The 100 Most Endangered Species

The world's "100 Most Endangered Species" are back in the news again, and well they should...

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Posted on Monday, August 26, 2013 at 10:01 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Franklin''s bumble bee (6), Robbin Thorp (220), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (14), Xerces Society (7)

The Bee Course

If you want to learn about bees--and learn it from the experts--The Bee Course is the place to...

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Posted on Friday, August 23, 2013 at 11:03 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Emily Bzdyk (2), James Cane (1), Jerome Rozen (1), John Ascher (1), Lawrence Packer (1), Robbin Thorp (220), Ronald McGinley (2), Stephen Buchmann (3), Terry Griswold (1), The Bee Course (5)

Wolf at Your Door

So there you are, a little sweat bee, foraging in the buckwheat. You sip some nectar, and...

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Posted on Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at 8:52 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: beewolf (1), crabronid wasp (1), Lynn Kimsey (19), Philanthus (1), Philanthus multimaculatus (1), Robbin Thorp (220)

Is There a Better Camouflage Than This?

Robbin Thorp saw it first. Talk about an eagle eye. Thorp, a native pollinator specialist and...

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Posted on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 9:20 PM

Comments: 2

• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Allan Jones (11), emerald moth (1), Gary Zamzow (8), Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven (8), Robbin Thorp (220), Synchlora (1)

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