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About Those Bee Stings: A Question Everyone Wants to Know
It's a question everyone wants to know. When folks hear about the 70-year beekeeping/bee wrangling...
"Bee Man" Norm Gary clustered with bees during a bee wrangling stunt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a bee sting. This photo was taken when a guard bee was defending her colony. Note the stinger embedded in the arm and the stretched abdominal tissue as the bee pulls away. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yes, Locusts Browse Computer Dating Sites
Do locusts browse computer dating sites, trying to find a match made in heaven? They do. Just...
This is the illustration that Karissa Merritt, UC Davis entomology major and artist, created for the Bohart Museum of Entomology calendar for the month of January. The calendar is available to the public for $12.
This banded-winged grasshopper--family Acrididae, subfamily Oedipodinae--apparently has little interest in checking out dating sites on the computer. Kathy Keatley Garvey captured this image on the UC Davis campus in September 2011; identification by Bohart senior museum scientist Steve Heydon.
Treasured Memories of 2018: Bruce Hammock Honored--and His Noted Research All Began with a Caterpillar
Looking back on 2018, Bruce Hammock, distinguished professor at the University of California,...
UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock's noted research on chronic pain all began at UC Berkeley when he wondered how caterpillars turn into butterflies. In this photo: two Gulf Fritillary butterfly mating, while a caterpillar munches passionflower leaves in the background. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bruce Hammock smiles as he receives accolades. In the back is his longtime friend Sarjeet Gill, distinguished professor at UC Riverside. They co-discovered an enzyme, epoxide hydrolase during their graduate studies at UC Berkeley. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Some 100 scientists (and their families) from 10 different countries converged on the UC Davis campus to honor their mentor, Bruce Hammock. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why Hobby Beekeepers in Urban Environments Should Limit Themselves to Two Hives
Hobby beekeepers in urban environments should limit themselves to two hives, says apiculturist...
'Bee Man" Norm Gary is covered with bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Norm Gary, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis, examines a frame at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Suds for a Bug? How You Can Exchange a Butterfly for a Pitcher of Beer!
Yes, it's true. You can exchange suds for a bug. That would be a cabbage white butterfly for a...
Two cabbage white butterflies, Pieris rapae, flutter over catmint in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)