Posts Tagged: Honey bee
William Meikle Seminar: A Case Study With Honey Bees
It promises to be a fascinating talk. Research entomologist William Meikle of the Carl Hayden Bee...
Research entomologist William Meikle of the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, USDA-ARS, holding a frame which has a temperature sensor.
William Meikle's research in France included treating colonies with a biocontrol agent to target varroa mites.
A Delightful Find
Any day's a good day when you find the ootheca (egg case) of a praying mantis in your yard. It's...
The egg case or ootheca of a praying mantis, is attached to the stem of a lavender plant. Note the small hole on the left, near the top--the exit hole of a parasitoid, according to Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A young praying mantis searching for prey on a blanket flower, Gallardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A praying mantis dining on a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Highly Successful Biodiversity Museum Day
They saw bugs. They saw bones. They saw honey bees. They saw hawks. Those were just a few of the...
Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a bee friendly garden, drew scores of visitors. It's located on Bee Biology Road, west of the central campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Youths used vacuum devices for catch-and-release of bees at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith (center), who curates the butterfly and moth collections at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, answers questions.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A bird's eye view of the nematode collection in the Sciences Lab Building. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis nematology graduate student Chris Pagan talks to visitors at the nematode collection in the Sciences Lab Building. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A visitor photographs the skin of a male African lion from Tanzania (1960s). Not much else is known about it, said Andrew Engilis, Jr., curator of the Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology. This was part of a display in the Academic Surge Building. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Volunteer Billy Thein shows a golden eagle named "Sullivan" at the California Raptor Center. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Volunteer Diana Munoz shows a red-shouldered hawk, Mikey, at the California Raptor Center. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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)
Behind the Bee Veil: Charley Nye
Have you ever wondered who's behind the veil? The bee veil, that is. If you enroll in a...
Charley Nye (center) teaching a beekeeping course at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Charley Nye served as one of the proctors during the California Master Beekeeper Program testing. Here he proctors Cheryl Veretto, president of the Sonoma County Beekeepers' Association. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)