Backyard Orchard News
Bugs to the Fair: From UC Davis to the Dixon May Fair
The theme of the 142nd annual Dixon May Fair set Thursday, May 11 through Sunday, May 14, is "Farm...
Entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the butterflies and moths at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, will be at the Dixon May Fair (Floriculture Building) on Saturday, May 13 to showcase insects. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Madagascar hissing cockroaches, aka "hissers," are popular at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A walking stick at the Bohart Museum of Entomology changes hands. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Butterflies from the Bohart Museum of Entomology are sure to draw attention at the Dixon May Fair. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sons and Daughters of UC Davis Employees Enjoy Bee Garden
It was "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work" Day, and they did. Hundreds of UC Davis employees and...
Mother Sarah Robertson supervises her daughter, Isla, 7, and son, Cameron, 4, as they use a catch-and-release device to observe bees up close. Sarah Robertson works at IET Enterprise Applications and Infracture Services. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Chloe Jerng, 8, gets ready to use a catch-and-release device in the haven with her dad, Mark Jerng, an English professor.
Chloe Jerng, 8, of Davis, who is doing research on bees for a school project, scoops up a honey bee in a catch-and-release device for up-close observation.
California golden poppies, the state flower, glow at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven.
How to Have a Rice Day
Rice farmers in southeast Asia don't "have a rice day" when the dreaded brown planthopper is...
This photo shows sesame and the grass, Leersia sayanuka, planted together along a rice field edge in China. Sesame is important because it provides pollen and nectar for the parasitoids. (Photo courtesy of Zhongzian Lu)
So, Sweet! The Inaugural California Honey Festival in Historic Downtown Woodland
It promises to be...oh, so sweet! The inaugural California Honey Festival, to take place from 10...
A taste of honey. From the comb to the bottle, that's the route of honey to the California Honey Festival on Saturday, May 6. (Photo by Kath
A honey bee foraging on almond blossoms in Yolo County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Celebrating Roses, UC Davis-Style, Just in Time for Mother's Day
Back in May of 2013, we headed over to the California Center for Urban Horticulture (CCUH)...
A honey bee heads toward the Sparkle and Shine rose, related to the Julia Child Rose. This one was purchased in 2013 at the CCUH Rose Days. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Although honey bees prefer such flowers as lavender, borage, bee balm, catmint and zinnia, they cannot resist the Sparkle and Shine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)