Backyard Orchard News
Registration Underway for UC Davis Bee Symposium, Set Saturday, March 3
It's "bee" time! Make that "time for healthy bees!" Registration is underway for the fourth annual...
A honey bee pollinating a pomegranate blossom in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A bee class offered by the Elina Lastro Niño lab at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum: This Bug's for You
A praying mantis here. A lady beetle there. A sawtoothed-grain beetle there. Entomologist-artist...
This praying mantis, drawn by Karissa Merritt, is being colored by James Harris, 13, of Winters at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis student/artist Karissa Merritt talks about art with James Harris, 13, and his father, Rick Harris, who holds a master's degree in systemic entomology from UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Winners of the insect-themed contests at the Bohart Museum: Karissa Merritt of UC Davis, best tattoo; Jean Replicon of Mission College, Santa Clara, best attired adult; and Jasper Ott, 5, of Davis, best attired youth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
4-H Isn't Just About Cows 'n Chickens, You Can 'Bee' All You Can 'Bee'
Youths who want to learn beekeeping might want to consider joining the 4-H program. Take, for...
Ian Weber of the Vaca Valley 4-H Club, a second-year beekeeper, displays his project at the Solano County 4-H Project Skills Day. He won a showmanship award. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Vaca Valley 4-H'er and beekeeper Ian Weber answers questions from evaluator JoAnn Brown, Suisun Valley 4-H Club project leader and community club leader. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Vaca Valley 4-H'er and beekeeper Miriam Laffitte explains wax moths to evaluator Bridget Stephens, a project leader in the Sherwood Forest 4-H Club, Vallejo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
In Case You Missed It....We Have a Winner in Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest!
In case you missed it...we have a winner in the 2018 Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest, sponsored by Art...
This is the first-collected cabbage white butterfly of the year in the three-county area of Sacramento, Yolo and Solano. It's the winner of the Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest and the winner is Professor Art Shapiro! (Photo by Sherri Mann of the UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology)
The Amazing Art of Entomologists
Oh, that praying mantis! Oh, that jumping spider! When you attend the UC Davis Bohart Museum of...
This stunning praying mantis illustration is the work of Ivana Li, UC Davis entomologist and artist. It will be among the art displayed at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on Jan. 21.
This breathtaking illustration of a jumping spider, in black and white charcoal, is the work of entomologist/artist Charlotte Herbert. She is seeking her doctorate in entomology from UC Davis.
This is a Hercules beetle, Dynastes hercules, that entomologist/artist Charlotte Herbert created in oil paint (a complementary study of orange and blue, where she used only used orange, blue, black, and white to paint it). It will be displayed Jan. 21 at the Bohart Museum open house.